This trail was created by Digital Drama CIC and local volunteers, as part of the Canons House & Grounds National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery Community Fund project.
Year: 2016
Bangkok Airplane Graveyard
Discover Bangkok Airplane Graveyard in Bangkok, Thailand: Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.
What Actually Happened To the Bridge Over the River Kwai
Discover Death Railway Bridge in Ban Tai, Thailand: This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.
House of Opium
Discover House of Opium in Wiang, Thailand: A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.
Big Buddha Temple
Discover Wat Phra Yai (Big Buddha Temple) in Ko Samui, Thailand: A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.
Erawan Shrine
Discover Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand: A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.
Wat Tha Ka Rong
Situated on the banks of the Chao Phraya river away from the tourist center of Ayutthaya, Wat Tha Ka Rong, aka The Temple of the Blackbird or the Monastery of the Landing of the Crying Crow, is an unexpected novelty away from the main city center. Forme…
Phra Prang Sam Yot: Monkey Temple
Discover Phra Prang Sam Yot in Tambon Tha Hin, Thailand: Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.
Amulet Market
Discover Amulet Market in Bangkok, Thailand: Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.
Streghi e luoghi della paura del comune di Sillano Giuncugnano
The Fairyfolk (or ‘witches’ as we have translated them in the following stories) are groups of men and women who meet up at night to dance in clearings around a tree, or to weave long processions along the valleys. They are localised to the …
FANCIFUL TALES ALONG THE “VIA DEL VOLTO SANTO”
We begin with the warden snake of Castellarino di Regnano and we will close with the flying snake of Sillicagnana, passing through the dragon of Gragnana and the protecting “biscio” ( nonpoisonous snake) of the White Blackbird of…
Play Shoreline Monument
Discover Play Shoreline Monument in Gothenburg, Sweden: Dedicated to a song so popular the request to "Play Shoreline" became part of Swedish culture.
Whiskey on the Rocks
Discover Whiskey on the Rocks in Karlskrona Ö, Sweden: A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.
Sverre of Norway Stone
Discover Sverre of Norway Stone in Munkedal, Sweden: Many historians today consider Sverre as Norway's greatest king of all time. .
Zorn Museum in Mora, the Heart of ‘Authentic Sweden’
Discover Zorn Museum in Mora, Sweden: The city that saw the birth of Sweden is now home to an impressive collection of work from its favorite artist.
Dragon Gate
Discover Dragon Gate in Älvkarleby S, Sweden: Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.
Giant Wooden Bear of Sveg
Discover Giant Wooden Bear of Sveg in Sveg, Sweden: This massive Trojan ursine was built to be a new tourist symbol for a small Swedish town.
Gislövshammar
Discover Gislövshammar in Gislövshammar, Sweden: These mysterious circular formations are actually remnants of 19th century gristmills.
Republic of Önneköp
Discover Republic of Önneköp in Önneköp, Sweden: This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee.".
Pyramid of Stjärneborg
Discover Pyramid of Stjärneborg in Aneby C, Sweden: This pyramid in southern Sweden houses the remains of an eccentric nobleman, who spent his life doing whatever he felt like doing.