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That awesome wall of China

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The Great Wall of China is the world’s longest man-made structure. It runs for over 6350km more or less along the border between northern...

That Old Brickyard

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It is the largest single sporting facility in the world. It is the second oldest surviving automobile racing track in the world. It is...

A Dinky-Di 75th . . .

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The bridging of Sydney Harbour took 117 years. The notion was first voiced in 1815 by convict and architect-about-town Francis Greenway, who designed many...

The signs of Harry Ell

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Kiwis owe much to dedicated visionaries. Harry Ell was one blessed with foresight, and visitors to the Port Hills in Christchurch often learn the...

Falkirk’s big turn on

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Dr Kerry Rodgers ruminates upon revolutionary engineering in central Scotland   Tucked away in Bonnie Scotland, north-east of Glasgow, is one of the great...

Sydney’s Necropolis Receiving House

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In the mid-19th century Sydney had a grave issue. The city had run out of cemetery plots. To resolve the matter, the City Fathers...

Raurimu’s twisting spiral

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The date: 1898. The problem: How to achieve a workable climb for New Zealand’s main trunk line from Taumarunui to the summit at National...

The Auckland regiment honours its fallen

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Anzac Day 2005 saw a new memorial unveiled in the Auckland Domain. It is a simple cairn commemorating the service and sacrifice of soldiers...

The Politics of Kulture

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Charlemagne’s imperial Palatine Chapel at Aachen, Germany, is perhaps the single greatest example left to us of the cultural renaissance that swept Western Europe...

The Louisiana Superdome

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No building came to make us so aware of the human misery caused by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath than did the Louisiana Superdome....