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02350aam a2200301 i 4500 001 C774AEAC39CA11EFB1F0D68530ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240704010044 008 240209s2024 nyua 000 0 eng d 010 $a bl2024003706 020 $a 1523516984 020 $a 9781523516988 040 $a GCmBT $b eng $c GCmBT $e rda $d GCmBT $d SKYRV $d SILO 100 1 $a Bachmann, Stefan, $e author. 245 14 $a The secret life of hidden places : $b concealed rooms, clandestine passageways, and the curious minds that made them / $c Stefan Bachmann & April Genevieve Tucholke. 264 1 $a New York : $b Workman Publishing, $c [2024] 300 $a xi, 292 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 24 cm. 505 0 $a 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). 520 $a This wonderous guide for the curious introduces eighteen hidden places and the eccentric and obsessive minds that created them, such as a chamber of skulls high in the Swiss Alps, a Japanese temple full of traps and a spooky "initiation" well in Portugalbuilt by a secret society. 650 0 $a Travel $v Guidebooks. 650 0 $a Curiosities and wonders $v Guidebooks. 650 0 $a Architectural design $x History. 650 0 $a Hiding places. 650 0 $a Secrecy. 700 1 $a Tucholke, April Genevieve, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20240704010652.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C774AEAC39CA11EFB1F0D68530ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search