The Workshop
‘The Workshop’ celebrates the inventors, hobbyists, and weekend engineers bringing their wildest projects to life. From a backyard baseball stadium to a teacher who spent 1800 hours building a hovercraft, these stories showcase the creativity, dedication, and joy of building something just because you can—a tradition Popular Science has highlighted for decades. If you or someone you know is working on a hobbyist project that fits the bill, we’d love to hear about it—fill out this form to tell us more.
A pilot turned an old plane into a two-bedroom apartment
Jon Kotwicki jokes that converting an aluminum plane in Alaska is the “worst idea that a person could possibly have.”
Philly’s ‘transit vigilante’ created a real-time bus tracker for his neighbors
With a sports timer and some clever coding, Max Goldberg built a DIY display that tells South Philly commuters exactly when their next bus will arrive.
Giant pumpkin growers face off for world gourd domination
There’s a surprisingly competitive global race on to grow a 3,000-pound pumpkin.
Teen turns his suburban home into elaborate haunted house every October
This year, 16-year-old Joe Veneziale created a terrifying Old Hollywood hotel.
A life-long car lover recreated the Griswold’s famous station wagon
A Q&A with Tom Dittus, the man behind the Lake George Family Truckster.
Amateur paleontologist opens fossil museum in rural Minnesota
Jim Pollard is bringing bison bones, fossilized mammoth poop, and more to Blue Earth’s 3,000 residents.
This teen 3D-printed a beehive for his bedroom
Oliver Taylor estimates there may be as many as 40,000 bees buzzing around his DIY hive.
Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10,000
‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.’
Illinois man has spent 40 years rebuilding a WWII-era B-17 bomber
This restoration isn’t just for show. Mike Kellner wants to fly the ‘Desert Rat.’