Year: 2016

National Museum of Death

Discover National Museum of Death in Aguascalientes, Mexico: A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

Museo Casa de León Trotsky

Discover Museo Casa de León Trotsky in Mexico City, Mexico: A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

Pet Cemetery Cenote

Discover Pet Cemetery Cenote in Tulum, Mexico: An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

Hidden Beach

Discover Hidden Beach in Islas Marietas, Mexico: A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

157 Route | Individual Bus Stop Tracks

The idea behind this tour was to broaden the concept of a bus journey. Transport becoming not just a means of arrival, but the object of tourist interest in itself – the journey being just as important as the destination. The concept expands the s…

130 Route | Individual Bus Stop Tracks

The idea behind this audio tour was to broaden the concept of a bus journey. Transport becoming not just a means of arrival, but the object of tourist interest in itself – the journey being just as important as the destination. The concept ex…

Canons House and Grounds Audio Trail

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.  

Bangkok Airplane Graveyard

Discover Bangkok Airplane Graveyard in Bangkok, Thailand: Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

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…

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. .

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