quote [ The isolated, hermit kingdom of the DPRK is shrouded in secrecy, It's nearly impossible to get any reliable information from behind the bamboo curtain. Nonetheless, every week, on T.V. and online, we are bombarded by the bizarre media-spectacle of North Korea. From nuclear apocalypse and prison camps to banned sarcasm and compulsory identical haircuts - any shred of information regarding North Korea becomes a viral media hit, regardless of how dubious the story is.

But that's all about to change.

Two Aussie boys decided to take matters into their own hands and go to North Korea to find out the truth for themselves. Join us as we look past the click-bait and unpack the forces behind the way our media represents the "Democratic People's Republic of North Korea". ]

quote [ Haskell was no fan of Googie and wrote a scathing (by architecture critic standards) satire of the style in the February 1952 issue of House and Home magazine. The New York-based Haskell wrote part of his article, ?Googie Architecture,? in the voice of a fictional Professor Thrugg, whose over-the-top praise was an indictment of Googie?s popular appeal. Haskell was an advocate of modernism, but a modernism constrained by his ideas of taste and refinement. ]

quote [ ?Show us these temples or we will dynamite the entire hillside?, threatened Italy?s state prosecutor when police had failed to locate a rumoured network of mysterious chambers buried 30 metres in the foothills of the Alps. They had been dug by hand in complete secrecy in the 1970s under the direction of Oberto Airaudi, a philospher and artist who claimed to have had visions of ancient temples at age 10 from a previous life. ]

quote [ Whilst looking recently at an old nautical map of the North Shore coastline of Massachusetts, one tiny island caught our eye because of its mysterious sounding name: Great Misery Island! Further inspection of the map showed that the island had no towns, roads or any other topographical features apart from in the south west corner, a small mark saying ?RUINS?. ]

quote [ The Sacro Bosco's meaning is the subject of debate, with scholars alternatively describing the sprawling complex as a memorial, an allegorical site or a tribute to ancient civilizations ]

quote [ We?re back on the road through the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet?s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of Soviet vehicular prowess rendered in raw concrete. ]

quote [ To see these artworks, a tall viewing platform is erected ]

quote [ 1:56 You can see that they had installed large screens as a departure board, but at some point an executive came around with the great idea that you could also just play advertisements on those ]

quote [ America is filled with liminal spaces. ]

quote [ What it?s like to travel across the country via Amtrak?and what you need to know if you want to do it yourself. ]