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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New York, NY :
Workman Publishing,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- The sunken manor (Nottinghamshire, England)
- The book thief of Mont Sainte-Odile (Barr, Alsace, France)
- A room like warm honey (Tsarskoye Selo, Russia)
- A city on an anthill (Puebla, Mexico)
- The oddly built temple (Kanazawa, Japan)
- Doll's eye view (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Alchemy, Frankenstein, and "evil scientist" laboratories (Various)
- The Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, California, USA)
- The initiation well, the Knights Templar, and the Freemasons (Sintra, Portugal)
- The gateway to hell (Paris, France)
- The weird history of labyrinths (Various)
- Marie-Antoinette's secret escape (Versailles, France)
- The Krazy Kat Klub speakeasy (Washington, DC, USA)
- The shocking things in Cupboard 55 (London, England)
- The bone chamber (Leuk, Switzerland)
- Saints below (The Vatican, Italy)
- The sleeping beauty apartment (Paris, France)
- King Tut's Tomb, treasure hutns, and our need to dig (Valley of the Kings, Egypt).
