Names on the Door: Curating Local Historical Identities
The archive now has a masthead, a corrections policy and an ownership disclosure. The editor on why a quiet catalogue chose to put names on the door — and an invitation to the writers and photographers who should join it.
Latest Places
View all →Sullivan Center (Carson Pirie Scott Building)
Grand Hotel Rimini – Virtual Tour 360°
Empire State Building – Virtual Tour 360°
Former Ford Factory – Memories at Old Ford Factory – Virtual Tour 360°
Party and Entertainment Pavilion – Virtual Tour 360°
Casa del Fascio – Virtual Tour 360°
Florin Court, London
Alger Theater (1935), Detroit, Michigan
Miami Beach Post Office (1937), Miami Beach, Florida
National Tobacco Company Building, Napier
Sassoon House (Fairmont Peace Hotel), Shanghai
Miller Theater (1940), Augusta, Georgia
Jugendstilsenteret (Swan Pharmacy), Ålesund
Trinkkuranlage, Bad Nauheim
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All events →ArcheoTrekking Urbano Parco della Caffarella Roma ADATTO A TUTTI! In trekking con l’Archeologo!
Death Anniversary: Agata della Pietà — October 17, 1769
Birth Anniversary: Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini — October 17, 1720
Birth Anniversary: Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny — October 17, 1729
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View all →Hidden Christian Sites Nagasaki & Amakusa: Guide
The Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region — 12 sites documenting 250 years…
Meiji Industrial Revolution Sites: Travel Guide
Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution Sites — a 23-component serial inscription across 8 prefectures documenting…
Tomioka Silk Mill Gunma Historic Factory: Guide
The Tomioka Silk Mill — the Meiji government's 1872 French-designed model factory inscribed in…
Hiraizumi Pure Land Buddhist Temples: Travel Guide
Hiraizumi — the 12th-century Fujiwara Buddhist capital inscribed in 2011 in Iwate Prefecture —…
Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Gassho Farmhouses: Guide
The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama — snow-country gassho-zukuri farmhouses inscribed in 1995…
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine Edo Landscape: Guide
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine — the world's most productive silver source in the 1580s,…
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Delos has no power grid, no residents and nothing that may be drilled. The…
Hidden Christian Sites Nagasaki & Amakusa: Guide
The Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region — 12 sites documenting 250 years…
Meiji Industrial Revolution Sites: Travel Guide
Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution Sites — a 23-component serial inscription across 8 prefectures documenting…
Tomioka Silk Mill Gunma Historic Factory: Guide
The Tomioka Silk Mill — the Meiji government's 1872 French-designed model factory inscribed in…
Hiraizumi Pure Land Buddhist Temples: Travel Guide
Hiraizumi — the 12th-century Fujiwara Buddhist capital inscribed in 2011 in Iwate Prefecture —…
Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Gassho Farmhouses: Guide
The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama — snow-country gassho-zukuri farmhouses inscribed in 1995…
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A Grand Tour for Liberty Lovers — From Milan to Palermo
A curated route through ten Italian cities where the Liberty movement left its most refined architectural and decorative signatures, including overlooked palazzi and cafés.
Liberty Italy versus French Art Nouveau: Different Souls, Shared Century
Roman Heritage Off the Beaten Path: Twelve Sites You Will Not Find on the First Page of a Guidebook
Four ways to be inside the cultural ecosystem.
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