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  2. Loretto Chapel - Wikipedia

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    The chapel was commissioned by the Sisters of Loretto for their girls' school, Loretto Academy, in 1873. Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy had brought in two French architects, Antoine Mouly and his son Projectus, to work on the St. Francis Cathedral project, and suggested that the Sisters could make use of their services on the side to build a much-needed chapel for the academy. [4]

  3. Wikipedia:Unusual articles - Wikipedia

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    Each entry on this list should be an article on its own (not merely a section in a less unusual article) and of decent quality, and in large meeting Wikipedia's manual of style. For unusual contributions that are of greater levity, see Wikipedia:Silly Things. In this list, a star indicates a featured article. A plus indicates a good article.

  4. Earl Young (architect) - Wikipedia

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    Earl A. Young (March 31, 1889 – May 24, 1975) was an American architectural designer, realtor, and insurance agent. Over a span of 52 years, he designed and built 31 structures in Charlevoix, Michigan, but was never a registered architect.

  5. Stairs - Wikipedia

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    A staircase or stairway is one or more flights of stairs leading from one floor to another, and includes landings, newel posts, handrails, balustrades, and additional parts. [4] In buildings, stairs is a term applied to a complete flight of steps between two floors. A stair flight is a run of stairs or steps

  6. Dwarf Fortress - Wikipedia

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    The game influenced Minecraft, which reviewers considered a more user-friendly version of Dwarf Fortress. [7] [41] [93] Adams says he is thankful for the Minecraft developers citing Dwarf Fortress because that drew more players to his game. [39] RimWorld developer Tynan Sylvester said Dwarf Fortress "amazed me because of the stories people ...

  7. Penrose stairs - Wikipedia

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    In the real world, the hero should always be in front of the villain throughout this chase. However, in the case of the Penrose stairs the hero descends another flight of stairs to catch up to the antagonist and catch him unaware. [14] The cover of the 2011 album Angles by American rock band The Strokes depicts a complex set of Penrose stairs.

  8. Winchester Mystery House - Wikipedia

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    [5] [4] [14] The doors and windows that open to nothing, the unusually shallow stairs, the stairs that end in a ceiling, interior barred windows and trap doors in the floor are used to confirm Winchester's spirituality and poor state of mind. [14] According to paranormal investigators Nickell and Ignoffo these house oddities have simple ...

  9. List of ancient spiral stairs - Wikipedia

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    The spiral stair is a type of stairway which, due to its complex helical structure, has been introduced relatively late into architecture. Although the oldest example dates back to the 5th century BC, [ 1 ] it was only in the wake of the influential design of the Trajan's Column that this space-saving new type permanently caught hold in ancient ...