Old World Exploration

The three Standpipe Water Towers of St. Louis. Incredible construction with unique designs and all built in the 1800s, naturally. NOTE-Hit the volume for more details on this video.

Louisville, Kentucky. The evidence is all around us.

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Australia has one of the most laughably weak historical narratives. Convicts? Riiiiiight.

The Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876. The city of brotherhood love....ahhem. Brotherly love.

most certainly..

Massive retaining walls in Dubuque, Iowa built circa 1890s?? Consisting of large "stones" that were hauled up very steep inclines from the Mississippi. The history of the contractor or method behind constructing these walls is hazy at best. The terrain behind some of the blocks has given out with the city stating replacing even a small section as prohibitively expensive. Even more bizarre is the city stating that the walls are the responsibility of private property owners.

The city hall in Belfast. Repurposed old world marvel.

After I make my videos, I usually turn them into a collage and include 12 as a calendar annually. Thinking of putting them all into a book.

Würzburg Residence The beauty of the Baroque in its full splendor is reflected in the Würzburg Residence and its Court Church, created by the genius Balthasar Neumann. Haha😂, this just keeps getting better; now they're even being called geniuses. These liars really managed to fool most people. Balthasar Neumann🙅‍♂️ Despite its small size, the Hofkirche, consecrated in 1743, is one of the most perfect religious buildings of the 18th century in Germany due to its refined spatial structure and the high artistic rank of its decoration. ⚒️⛏️🧱🧱🧱🐴⛪️⛏️🧱 Unbelievable, and people actually believe that! Take a look at the short video clip.👇

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An incredible 1898 photo of the Neue Tonhalle (New Music Hall) in Zürich by Fellner & Helmer, the Viennese duo who designed nearly fifty theatres across the empire. A perfect example of Neo-Baroque grandeur. Sadly, the towers and ornate exterior were demolished in 1938–39 for a modernist congress centre — but the two concert halls inside survived intact.

Voted the most beautiful building in America in 1885, The H.H. Richardson's Trinity Church, Boston - can be seen here along side a brand new flimsy wooden newbuild. The dissonance between the architecture is clear evidence of two different civilizations. #Tartaria

The Palais Garnier in Paris had the ceiling repainted in 1964 (pics 3 (before) & 4 (after). I consider this an act of outright architectural vandalism...absolutely disgusting!

Sydney, Australia

"The glass dome of the Palace of Horticulture at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco was 152 ft in diameter ... largest glass dome in existence, wider than the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, which measures roughly 137 feet." Tower 400+ ft.

Egypt 1880 More of us are beginning to sense that the history we know is only a shadow of the truth

These are in India. They are not hilltop forts. These are the remains of a civilization that created wonders beyond our comprehension. Post cataclysm pockets of survival.

H.H. Richardson. Another phantom architect with far too large a resume. Esteemed member of the Harvard Porcellian Club (Pig Club), he is widely recognized as a member of the 'trinity' of American architecture.