It starts with a map. Then it’s the buildings. Then it’s the windows. And at a certain point, it stops being about what’s true—and starts being about what feels like it could be. This episode is more about how a conspiracy theory becomes a thing.
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Sources:
https://www.davidrumsey.com/https://www.loc.gov/collections/general-maps/https://www.raremaps.com/
https://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/maps
https://www.britannica.com/place/Tartaryhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Tatar
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/architecture/neoclassical.htm
https://www.britannica.com/art/Beaux-Arts-architecture
https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2016/10/31/raising-chicago/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Undergroundhttps://undergroundtour.com/about/history.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Bay,_Boston
https://www.boston.gov/departments/archaeology/history-back-bay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Manhattan
https://www.nyc.gov/site/lpc/designations/historic-districts.page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_geology
https://www.chicagohistory.org/research/worlds-columbian-exposition/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_forthttps://www.britannica.com/technology/fortification
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/orphan-trains/
https://www.history.com/news/orphan-trains-child-migration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_flood_conspiracy_theory
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tartaria/https://www.reddit.com/r/AlternativeHistory/
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