Midan
Field Trips
Passport
64 trips in thirteen lanes: science, history, math, language, civics, biology, astronomy, American pop culture, American history, and four world lanes — Middle East & Africa, Asia, Europe, and The Americas. A host sets the scene, then you step inside the place and teach each stop back in your own words. Guests can open the first stops of every trip. Members get every stop, the passport stamps, and the lane certificates.
Guests can open the first stops of every trip. Members get every stop and the passport stamp.
Science2
History2
Math5
Real photos05MathInside the Sakia Wheel
ساقية
Inside the wheel, axle, gears, and pots that lift water to a field.
Real photos30MathInside a Pizza Shop
كسور البيتزا
One whole pie, equal slices, a fraction in the box, and two names for the same share.
Real photos31MathInside a Grocery Sale
تخفيض السوق
A percent off, the dollars it removes, the price you pay, and the cost per ounce.
32MathInside a Family Budget
ميزانية الأسرة
Add the income, add the bills, set a saving aside, and revise the month.
Real photos33MathInside a Restaurant Bill
حساب المطعم
Subtotal, tax, a tip you can build, and a check split without a guess.
Language1
Civics1
Biology1
Astronomy5
3D scan09AstronomyInside Earth Orbit, Looking Back
مدار الأرض
From orbit: the day-night line, the thin air, and why Earth looks blue.
Real 360°10AstronomyInside the Pyramid and the Stars
نجوم الأهرام
Cardinal stone, northern stars, and Orion, with the debated claims kept aside.
Real 360°11AstronomyInside a Lunar Eclipse
خسوف القمر
Sun, Earth, and Moon in line, and the red light inside the shadow.
Real 360°12AstronomyInside the Solar Wind and the Aurora
الشفق القطبي
Charged wind, Earth's magnetic field, and the lights at both poles.
Real 360°13AstronomyInside Star Roads for Navigation
الملاحة بالنجوم
A global night chart: pole stars, ocean routes, and caravan roads.
Pop Culture10
Real photos14Pop CultureInside a Bronx Block Party
حفلة الحي
A 1970s courtyard where breaks, turntables, the mic, and the floor became hip-hop.
Real photos15Pop CultureInside a Motown-Era Session
جلسة التسجيل
A Detroit studio: the room, the microphone, the tape, and the stacked voices.
Real photos16Pop CultureInside a Hollywood Movie Set
موقع التصوير
Lights, camera, green screen, and the crew jobs that make a shot.
Real photos17Pop CultureInside a Saturday-Morning Studio
صنع الرسوم
Boards, cels, a rostrum camera, and the same timing after the tools went digital.
Real photos18Pop CultureInside a 1980s Arcade
صالة الألعاب
Cabinets, circuits, the game loop, and the scanning beam in the picture tube.
Real photos19Pop CultureInside a Comic-Book Studio
استوديو القصص
Script, pencils, inks, and color, on an original night courier. No borrowed hero.
Real photos20Pop CultureInside a Broadway Backstage
كواليس المسرح
Fly loft, cues, costumes, and the dark wings around the lit square.
Real photos21Pop CultureInside a Championship Halftime
عرض الاستراحة
From a band on the grass to a broadcast stage: wagons, delayed sound, and light.
Real photos22Pop CultureInside a 1950s Drive-In
سينما السيارة
A dusk screen, a window speaker, sloped rows, and the diner at intermission.
Real 360°23Pop CultureInside an Election-Night Newsroom
غرفة الأخبار
How a nonpartisan desk reports votes: counts, projections, maps, and what is not yet certified.
American History6
3D scan24American HistoryInside the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
الهبوط على القمر
Eagle, the landing in the Sea of Tranquility, the first steps, and the stage left behind.
3D scan25American HistoryInside the Wrights' First Flight
رحلة كيتي هوك
Lift, three-axis controls, the Kitty Hawk wind, and the seconds they were up.
Real photos26American HistoryInside Ellis Island on Arrival Day
جزيرة إليس
The registry room, the inspection line, families, and the myth about names.
Real 360°27American HistoryInside the March on Washington
مسيرة واشنطن
August 28, 1963: organizers, the crowd, the demands, and the memorial steps.
Real photos28American HistoryInside the Transcontinental Railroad
السكة العابرة
Grading, the crews who built it, the golden spike, and the homelands the line crossed.
Real 360°29American HistoryInside Building the Statue of Liberty
تمثال الحرية
Copper skin, Eiffel's iron frame, the Paris-to-New York assembly, and the stair inside.
Middle East & Africa5
Real photos34Middle East & AfricaInside Petra's Rose-Red City
البتراء
A canyon gateway, carved water channels, a rock-cut theater, and the caravan roads that made a desert city rich.
Real photos35Middle East & AfricaInside Wadi Rum's Red Desert
وادي رم
Sandstone mountains on granite, iron-red sand, Bedouin hospitality, and one of the darkest skies on Earth.
Real photos36Middle East & AfricaInside Socotra's Island of Strange Trees
سقطرى
An island cut off for millions of years, dragon's blood trees, swollen bottle trees, and a white-sand lagoon.
Real photos37Middle East & AfricaInside Chefchaouen and Fes
شفشاون وفاس
Blue lanes in the Rif mountains, the walled medina of Fes, and the dye vats of a working tannery.
Real photos38Middle East & AfricaInside Zanzibar's Stone Town
زنجبار
Carved doors, coral-stone lanes, the clove trade, and dhows riding the monsoon winds.
Asia3
Real photos39AsiaInside Cappadocia's Fairy Chimneys
كبادوكيا
Volcanic ash turned to stone, capped chimneys, a city dug underground, and balloons at sunrise.
Real photos40AsiaInside Ha Long Bay
خليج ها لونغ
Limestone towers in green water, caves carved by rain, and the view from above.
Real photos41AsiaInside Jaipur, the Pink City
جايبور
A planned city painted pink, the Hawa Mahal's windows, hill forts above Amer, and block-printed cloth.
Europe11
Real photos42EuropeInside Iceland's Ice Caves and Northern Lights
كهوف الجليد
A glacier the size of a small country, blue ice caves, the aurora, and icebergs on black sand.
Real photos43EuropeInside Santorini's Caldera
سانتوريني
A drowned volcano, cliff-top villages, a Bronze Age town under ash, and vines grown like baskets.
Real photos44EuropeInside Venice, the City on the Water
البندقية
Wooden foundations, the Grand Canal, a lagoon and its flood gates, and Murano's glass furnaces.
Real photos45EuropeInside Dubrovnik's Walls
دوبروفنيك
Stone walls on the sea, a polished main street, a trading republic, and a city rebuilt with care.
Real photos46EuropeInside Neuschwanstein Castle
قلعة نويشفانشتاين
A king's dream on a cliff, a stage-set design, hidden modern machinery, and the mountains around it.
Real photos47EuropeInside the Isle of Skye
جزيرة سكاي
Rock pinnacles, a slipping landscape, crystal pools, and the Gaelic names on the land.
Real photos48EuropeInside Hallstatt and Its Salt Mountain
هالشتات
The oldest known salt mine, a lake between mountains, an Iron Age culture, and a village on a ledge.
Real photos49EuropeInside the Lofoten Islands
جزر لوفوتين
Arctic peaks warmed by the sea, red fishing cabins, cod drying on racks, and the midnight sun.
Real photos50EuropeInside the Cliffs of Moher
منحدرات موهير
Ancient layers of stone, sheer height above the sea, a seabird city, and the Atlantic that carves it.
Real photos51EuropeInside the Amalfi Coast
ساحل أمالفي
Lemon terraces on cliffs, a medieval sea republic, handmade paper, and a road carved into rock.
Real photos52EuropeInside the Plitvice Lakes
بحيرات بليتفيتسه
Living stone dams, sixteen terraced lakes, colors that change, and a forest home for bears.
The Americas12
Real photos53The AmericasInside the Salar de Uyuni
سالار دي أويوني
The world's largest salt flat, a sky-mirror in the rainy season, hexagon crust, and lithium under the salt.
Real photos54The AmericasInside Machu Picchu's Mountain Engineering
ماتشو بيتشو
An Inca estate on a ridge, farming terraces, stone that fits without mortar, and water carried by canal.
Real photos55The AmericasInside the Grand Canyon
الأخدود العظيم
Two billion years in the walls, a river that cut a mile down, the peoples who call it home, and its sheer scale.
Real photos56The AmericasInside Yellowstone's Hot Ground
يلوستون
A supervolcano's caldera, a geyser on schedule, a rainbow hot spring, and the world's first national park.
Real photos57The AmericasInside Old Havana
هافانا
Colonial streets, the seawall, classic cars kept alive, and the plazas where music spills out.
Real photos58The AmericasInside Banff and the Rockies
بانف
Tilted mountain layers, turquoise glacier lakes, the hot springs that started a park, and bridges for wildlife.
Real photos59The AmericasInside Rio de Janeiro
ريو دي جانيرو
A granite dome over the bay, wave-patterned promenades, a replanted city forest, and the beat of samba.
Real photos60The AmericasInside Torres del Paine
توريس ديل باين
Granite towers, horned peaks, a blue glacier, and the guanacos of Patagonia.
Real photos61The AmericasInside the Galápagos Islands
جزر غالاباغوس
Volcanic islands, giant tortoises, Darwin's finches, and the only lizard that swims the sea.
Real photos62The AmericasInside Antelope Canyon
وادي الظبي
A slot canyon cut by floods, beams of light, Navajo land and guides, and the power of sudden water.
Real photos63The AmericasInside Iguazu Falls
شلالات إيغواسو
The Devil's Throat, falls stepping down lava, two countries sharing a wonder, and the rainforest around it.
Real photos64The AmericasInside the Monteverde Cloud Forest
غابة مونتيفيردي
A forest that drinks clouds, plants that live on plants, the resplendent quetzal, and walks in the canopy.
Real photographs, 360° panoramas and museum 3D scans are freely licensed (CC0, public domain, CC BY, CC BY-SA). Photo and scan credits