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Back to SearchUrnes Stave Church
This intricately carved church in Luster is one of Norway’s great treasures of architecture.
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Classic: The Great Stalacpipe Organ
The Luray Caverns in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia are home to an instrument that draws out the secret sounds of millenia-old stone.
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Cementerio Municipal José María Azael Franco Guerrero
The José María Azael Franco Guerrero Cemetery in Tulcán, Ecuador is a topiary anomaly and a lush green paradise for the dead.
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The Lion House
This abandoned lodge in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has been reclaimed by local lions - a story deeply enmeshed in the larger history of th…
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Songs of Ice with the Places Team
Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team bring you stories of how sometimes giant monuments built for a specific site need to go …
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Green Mill Jazz Club
This internationally recognized jazz lounge has been running for more than a century. Its guests have included Frank Sinatra, Charlie Chaplin and les…
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Classic: The Curse of the Kreischer Mansion
Host Dylan Thuras visits a Staten Island mansion with a dubious and vitriolic past, only to learn the site’s curse may not be as obvious as it seems.…
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Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour
Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee take us on a walking tour of Berkeley, CA, where they share their community's legacy of radical South Asian acti…
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The Mail Rail
This railway was built for one purpose and one purpose only: to keep the London’s mail coming on time.
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Chicago Bridge Houses
Drawbridge operators in Chicago, IL used to live at these specific homes nestled at the base of their bridges.
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