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Viewpoints – Placecloud (English) episodes
- Where soldiers restEast Arlington (historical), United States. At 612 acres, and over 400,000 occupants, this is the nation's largest cemetery in terms of internments.3 min
- Two ways to cool downBaker Creek (historical), United States. Arkansas's only nuclear power plant is located in London, Arkansas, adjacent to Lake Dardanelle, from which it draws its cooling water.2 min
- Once the largest gold millCentral City, United States. Now a national historic site, this mill operated from 1913 to 1943, processing ore brought via the 22,000 foot Argo Tunnel. At the time it was built, it was the largest mill of its type in the world.3 min
- Peering at the starsUtuado, Puerto Rico. Arecibo Observatory is a unique radio telescope is a 1000 foot wide dish, with 38,700 perforated aluminum panels set in a suspended mesh of wires, a few feet above the ground over an old karst sinkhole.4 min
- A modernist urban utopia under constructionTip Top (historical), United States. Arcosanti is an entire city under construction near the town of Mayer, north of Phoenix, designed by the architect Paolo Soleri , a student of Frank Lloyd Wright.4 min
- The first city in the world to be lit by atomic powerArco, United States. A small town in south eastern Idaho considered the "first city in the world to be lit by atomic power," which was provided (at least for an hour), by the nearby National Reactor Testing Station, on July 17, 1955.2 min
- Rivers of corn syrupFaries Park (historical), United States. At 1,125 acres, this is one of the largest of ADM's 200+ manufacturing facilities worldwide.3 min
- A meeting of statesWann (historical), United States. Where Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri meet along Highway 43.2 min
- It’s where Siri livesPleasant (historical), United States. In the farmland outside Maiden, North Carolina, not too far from Google’s data center in Lenoir, is one of Apple’s principal data centers, in two separate buildings, with more on the way.2 min
- The Graveyard Digression (part 6)Malmo, Sweden. This is part 6 of “The Graveyard Digression”, an approximately 30 minute long sound journey passing through St. Pauli Southern Cemetery in Malmö. It asks the question: What can cemeteries can teach us?(This sound walk was made as part of the exhibition "Scores For Malmö" in the gallery SPARK, in Båstadsgatan 4, Malmö, Sweden.)3 min
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Leading cultural researchers tell stories of places around the world. For the full spatial multimedia experience and more episodes visit placecloud.io.