This edition intimately portrays Lyon's famous Traboules, the Roman Aqueduct of Gier, renowned passageways within the city and bridges that line both the Saone and Rhone Rivers.Traboules are clandestine passageways winding through buildings and courtyards. Each passage is unique and often features buildings with pastel colors, confounding curves, arches, vaulted ceilings and spiral staircases. Each traboule radiates mystery and intrigue within the shadows. Many boast a Renaissance ...

The initial stage of Indianapolis' architectural development occurred during the latter two decades of the 19th century. The population of the Indiana's capital city doubled during this era necessitating expanded city planning vision to accommodate the growth. The downtown Governor's Circle parcel transformed from an ecclesiastical center into a commercial vortex centered by the enormous Soldier's and Sailors' Monument. Many of the surrounding commercial developments were designed...

The 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal and first introduced the city of San Diego to a wider international audience. Balboa Park became the featured centerpiece. The core park layout today remains essentially the same as during the original fair. Later constructed buildings and venues have expanded the variety of attractions.The majority of buildings introduced during the first exposition outside of the California Quadrangle were tempora...

Since establishing a free-floating scooter rental program in late 2018, the city of Tacoma has been plagued by missing equipment. Author and photographer Marques Vickers has meticulously tracked down and photographed missing inventory in some of the most remote and incredulous locations imaginable.This edition documents the Odyssey of missing scooters with tongue-in-check evidence offering neither explanation nor commentary to explain the seemingly implausible.Dockless scoo...

Death sometimes arrives randomly to those seemingly insulated from risk by virtue of their wealth, celebrity and protective environments.Periodically the world halts in shock and reflection upon the abrupt and sudden headlines of a celebrated personality's death. Their demise jolts and reinforces our understanding of the fragility and vulnerability of life. This edition chronicles the background stories and detailed locations of some of the most newsworthy, famous and even infamous...

Avoid The Tourist Herds.What could be more uninspiring than seeing the identical attractions that everyone else has for decades?This Twisted Tour Guide escorts you to the places locals don't want to talk about anymore…the same places people once couldn't stop talking about. Long after the screaming headlines and sensationalism has subsided, these bizarre, infamous and obscure historical sites remain hidden awaiting rediscovery.Each visitation site in this guide is a...

This edition showcases the effects and consequences of human depravity, frailty and criminal activity. The showcased and photographed remaining structures generally appear nondescript and ordinary, masking their significance and infamy.Throughout the western United States, these commonplace buildings silently testify to events involving violence and individuals whose acts have scarred others, society and sometimes simply themselves. Their stories remain compelling evidence towards ...

The remaining monolithic downtown towers reflect a valid testament and legacy crowning Pittsburgh's gilded era. Influential industrialists and financiers such as Andrew Carnegie, H. J. Heinz, Thomas and Andrew Mellon and Henry Clay Frick immortalized their wealth and industry dominance by hiring the era's premier architecture firms and architects. The results created a concentration of accomplishment and innovation highlighted by aesthetics.During the late 19th and early 20th centu...

Charleston is the most populous city within South Carolina. The town is located just south of the geographical midpoint of the state's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean.The English founded Charleston during 1670 as Charles Town, named in honor of King Charles II. The original settlement was located ten years later to its present location. During the Colonial era, a royal governor and legislature with administrative districts and social services...

Assembling helpful marketing advice and guideposts for promoting your self-published writings often appears like a trek through a cloistered forest. The industry is so relatively new that there is minimal precedent to draw upon and few established strategies guaranteeing success. The self-publishing industry is an evolving landscape of financial and exposure promise supplanting a formerly rigid and longstanding business model currently crumbling and fragmenting. Each writer becomes a trail...

Avoid The Tourist Herds.What could be more uninspiring than seeing the identical attractions that everyone else has for decades?This Twisted Tour Guide escorts you to the places locals don't want to talk about anymore…the same places people once couldn't stop talking about. Long after the screaming headlines and sensationalism has subsided, these bizarre, infamous and obscure historical sites remain hidden awaiting rediscovery.Each visitation site in this guide is a...

California artist Marques Vickers' second poetic edition "Zen By Default" establishes a sustained interior dialogue between the poet and his ongoing life evolution living along the American Pacific Coast. His 300+ concise works address the ongoing themes of displacement and relocation and the challenge of cultivating and sustaining relationships in the midst of upheaval.Vickers examines his spectator role with regard to his own life:i am a third partyto my own life