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The secret life of hidden places concealed rooms, clandestine passageways, and the curious minds that made them

" A spellbinding tour, filled with stories and photographs, of some of the world's most fascinating architectural mysteries. This wondrous guide for the curious and the intrepid takes readers on a lushly photographed and lyrically written tour of eighteen of the world's most captivating architectura...

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Main Author: Bachmann, Stefan
Other Authors: Tucholke, April Genevieve
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Workman Publishing, [2023]
Subjects:
Secrecy.
Hiding places.
Architecture.
Architectural design > History.
Architecture, Domestic.
Rooms.
Corridors.
Curiosities and wonders.
Eccentrics and eccentricities.
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Summary:" A spellbinding tour, filled with stories and photographs, of some of the world's most fascinating architectural mysteries. This wondrous guide for the curious and the intrepid takes readers on a lushly photographed and lyrically written tour of eighteen of the world's most captivating architectural mysteries. Delve into both the secretive places themselves and the eccentric and obsessive minds that created them. Visit a chamber of skulls high in the Swiss Alps, a Japanese temple full of traps, a Parisian apartment locked and untouched since World War II, a Prohibition-era speakeasy in Washington, DC, and a spooky "initiation" well in Portugal built by a secret society. How far down can you climb before losing your nerve?
Physical Description:xi, 292 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781523516988
Author Notes:April Genevieve Tucholke is the author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Between the Spark and the Burn, and Wink Poppy Midnight. She also selected the stories for the Slasher Girls and Monster Boys anthology.

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