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- Concrete · 4 min.Darrington, United States. The town of Concrete in the foothills of the northern Cascades once housed the largest concrete plants in the state. Nearly half of the concrete for…
- Burning Man Festival Site · 5 min.Burning Man is an annual carnival of creativity that takes place on the playa of the Black Rock Desert, in northwest Nevada. It typically attracts 60,000 people, and is…
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel · 6 min.Inyokern, United States. This 2,000-foot long tunnel, approximately seven feet in diameter, was chiseled through a mountain by William Henry "Burro" Schmidt with hand tools and…
- Bridal Cave · 4 min.Camdenton, United States. A tourist cave with a wedding theme. Thousands of couples have taken their vows in the natural chapel within this cave.
- Branson · 5 min.Branson, United States. This resort city in the Ozarks calls itself "The Live Music Show Capital of the World." This city contains over 30 live performance theaters playing an…
- Braddock · 6 min.Braddock, United States. Braddock, Pennsylvania is a deflated old steel town which became known for a recent and unusual redevelopment effort. From a peak population of 18,000…
- Thames Barrier – Holding Back the Sea · 6 min.London, United Kingdom. Holding the North Sea at bay to protect London from flooding, the Thames Barrier is an extraordinary feat of engineering. It is also constantly under…
- A Line Through Time: The Prime Meridian, Greenwich · 6 min.London, United Kingdom. Standing at the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, this short audio viewpoint explores the line from which global time and longitude are measured. It explains…
- Para um pedaço de carne macio · 6 min.The Hague, The Netherlands. O Portão dos Prisioneiros, aqui em Haia, foi usada de 1420 até 1828 para abrigar pessoas que haviam cometido crimes graves enquanto aguardavam a…
- Voor een mals stukje vlees · 7 min.The Hague, The Netherlands. De Gevangenenpoort, hier in Den Haag, werd van 1420 tot 1828 gebruikt om mensen op te sluiten die ernstige misdrijven hadden gepleegd terwijl zij op…
- It looks like meat’s back on the menu, boys · 7 min.The Hague, The Netherlands. The Gevangenenpoort, Prisoner’s Gate, here in The Hague, from 1420 until 1828, was used for housing people who had committed serious crimes while they…
- A verdadeira Amazon pode se levantar, por favor? · 10 min.Terme, Türkiye. Encontramo-nos a poucos quilômetros da pequena cidade de Terme, nas margens meridionais do Mar Negro, na Turquia. Logo à frente, vemos uma estátua de uma…
- Amazones, en Amazones · 13 min.Terme, Türkiye. We bevinden ons hier een paar kilometer buiten het stadje Terme, aan de zuidelijke oevers van de Zwarte Zee, in Turkije. Recht voor ons zien we een standbeeld van…
- Will the real Amazon please stand up? · 12 min.Terme, Türkiye. We find ourselves a few kilometers outside of the small town of Terme, on the southern shores of the Black Sea, in Turkey. Just ahead, we can see a statue of an…
- As origens contestadas de Fortaleza · 6 min.Fortaleza, Brazil. O estado brasileiro do Ceará é uma das regiões mais pobres do Brasil. O PIB per capita é apenas um terço do das pessoas no estado de São Paulo, e nem mesmo um…
- De betwiste oorsprong van Fortaleza · 6 min.Fortaleza, Brazil. De Braziliaanse deelstaat Ceará is een van de armere regio’s van het land. Het BBP per hoofd van de bevolking bedraagt slechts een derde van dat van de…
- The contested origins of Fortaleza · 6 min.Fortaleza, Brazil. The Brazilian state of Ceará is one of the poorer regions of Brazil. The GDP per capita is just a third of that of the people in the state of Sao Paulo, and…
- Ecos do império: Em Itaparica, onde a ambição holandesa encontrou a brutalidade maquiavélica · 6 min.Vera Cruz, Brazil. Hoje, de pé na Ilha de Itaparica, com a brisa do mar acariciando as muralhas do antigo Forte de São Lourenço, é fácil se deixar embalar pelo ritmo lento da…
- Itaparica, waar Hollandse ambitie samenging met de wrede aanpak van Machiavelli · 7 min.Vera Cruz, Brazil. Staand op het eiland Itaparica, met de zeebries die langs de wallen van het oude fort São Lourenço waait, is het gemakkelijk om mee te deinen op het trage…
- Echoes of empire: On Itaparica, where Dutch ambition met Machiavellian brutality · 6 min.Vera Cruz, Brazil. Standing on Itaparica Island today, with the sea breeze brushing past the ramparts of the old fort of São Lourenço, it’s easy to be lulled by the slow rhythms…
