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Tag Archives: Scary Stairs from Around the World

Scary Stairs from Around the World

By Dean McCleland in Miscellaneous Topics 18 July 2014 0 Comment

How about creating a novel holiday experience? Climb all the scariest stairs in the world

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  • A SMAC in the Face #122:  Peace Be Up to You 11 June 2026
  • A Quick SMAC #15:  Total Humiliation of Trump by Chairman Xi 19 May 2026
  • A SMAC in the Face #121:  The Alphabet According to Trump 5 May 2026
  • A SMAC in the Face #120:  The Unholy Trinity 22 April 2026
  • A Quick SMAC #14:  The Fog of Peace 14 April 2026
  • A Quick SMAC #13:  The Straitjacket of Hormuz 11 April 2026
  • A Quick SMAC #12: Did I Say That? 9 April 2026
  • A SMAC in the Face #119:  Be Careful What You Wish For 9 April 2026
  • A SMAC in the Face #118:  The Tactical Retreat of TACO 5 April 2026
  • A Quick SMAC #10:  The Five Stages of Brief War (Trump Style) 26 March 2026
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Pioneering Naval Ambitions 25 March 2026
  • A SMAC in the Face #117:  Operation Epic Fail 17 March 2026
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: David Doit-The Legendary Malay Whaler 13 March 2026
  • A Quick SMAC #8:  The Baldy Man 12 March 2026
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: James Searle and the Union Boating Company 6 March 2026
  • A SMAC in the Face #116:  The Eight Seasons Pizza Prize 4 March 2026
  • Rosemary Wood’s Hike on the Berg in 1953 3 March 2026
  • A Quick SMAC #115: Trump’s Golden Era 28 February 2026
  • Military Record of my Uncle – Redvers Percival Dix-Peek 9 February 2026
  • A Quick SMAC #7:  A Modern View of Mount Fuji 2 February 2026
  • A Quick SMAC #5:  Trump Survives 3rd Assassination Attempt 2 February 2026
  • A Quick SMAC #6:  Melania, Twenty Days to His Story 31 January 2026
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: How the Chinese made a Living 3 January 2026
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Birth and Demise of Beach Segregation 31 December 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #113: Voetsek 2025 30 December 2025
  • A Quick SMAC: Braggadocio 22 December 2025
  • A Quick SMAC: The Walk of Shame (or The Three Stages of Shame) 21 December 2025
  • PE of Yore Volume 4 Now Available 20 December 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Quintessential Chinese Vices 18 December 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Derelict building near Cow’s Corner 9 December 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #112:  Trump’s Earworm 27 November 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #111:  Whitewash(ington) 18 November 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Main Street in 1881 14 November 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #110:  All the President’s Mayhem 13 November 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Sir Lewis Michell’s Years in Port Elizabeth 10 November 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #109:  Patriot Gamesmanship 10 November 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Replenishment of a Ship’s Water 4 November 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #108:  Arab Chic 2 November 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Biographies of William Fleming Senior and Junior 31 October 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #107:  Putin’s Pet 26 October 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #106:  The White Guy’s House 26 October 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #105:  No (F@%)Kings 23 October 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Saga of the Le Necessaire 17 October 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #104:  MAHA … HA, HA 12 October 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #103: American Gothic – A Modern Reprise 23 September 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #102: Sex Fast in America and Other Stories 22 September 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #101:  Ai Brave New World 8 August 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #100:  Cry Hoax 30 July 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #99:  The Voting Line 24 July 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #98: Does Size Matter or How You Hold It? 21 July 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #97:  Big Bad Don 7 July 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #96: The Sharpie is Biglier than the Sword 24 June 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #95:  Angry Bird v. Looney Tunes 14 June 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #94:  American Heroes 11 June 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #93: His Master’s Voice 8 June 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #92: Hair Force One 4 June 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #91:  Donocchio, the GLOAT 3 June 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #90: The Rhymes of the Ancient Martinet 31 May 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #89: The Steal of the President of the US 29 May 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: A Visitor’s View of the Town 27 May 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Duo of Serpentine Specialist and Snake Showman 22 May 2025
  • A Cautionary Tale – Going off at a Tangent 21 May 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Cowboy Mills of Wide Horizons 20 May 2025
  • 1967 – Mr Davies and an Explosive Confrontation 18 May 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #88: A Conclave of Crassness 10 May 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #87: The Creation of MAGA 4 May 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #86 – The Little Big Man 14 April 2025
  • SMAC in the Face #85 – To Be or not to BBBEE 7 April 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #84: The Almighty Cod 13 March 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #83:  In the Belly of the Beast 25 February 2025
  • No 7 Through my Eyes – The last years of No 7 as a home 16 February 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #82:  DINOsaurus Rex 14 February 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #81 – The ANC & the Black Gini 13 February 2025
  • Running Repairs 11 February 2025
  • A SMAC in the Face #80: SONA Time 10 February 2025
  • Takeover 29 January 2025
  • International Relationships 29 January 2025
  • Wartime Memories 29 January 2025
  • Jellicoe 28 January 2025
  • The Forgotten Sketch 28 January 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Age of the Backyard Mechanic 28 January 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: George William Smith -Architect and Surveyor 27 January 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: When Mill Park was in the Country 24 January 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: HB Smith of No. 22 Bird Street 22 January 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: No. 7 Castle Hill through the Ages 20 January 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Korsten – the Shipping Magnet 7 January 2025
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Amsterdam-A close-run thing 27 December 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Frederick Korsten-Sealing their Fate 20 December 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Delalande – the Naturalist versus Hudson, the Diarist 12 December 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Cradock Place – A golden past obliterated 4 December 2024
  • A SMAC in The Face #79: Thanksgiving, 2024 26 November 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Samuel Hudson – Diarist exposes Cape Society 25 November 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Early irrigation schemes on the Gamtoos River 16 November 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Pre-1820 Traders and Merchants 13 November 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face #78: Trump – Demagogue or Demigod 13 November 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Business acumen of Frederick Korsten assessed 12 November 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face #:  The Ozempic Games 11 November 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face #76:  Going, Going, AGOA! 7 November 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Military Record of John Gilfillan Bunton in WW2 1 November 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Military Record & Life of Henry Bunton 28 October 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Chronology of the Herald’s Ownership and Location 17 October 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Visit by H.A.L. Hammelberg in 1861 15 October 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Visit by John Campbell in 1862 12 October 2024
  • Dating the Oldest Photograph of Port Elizabeth 11 October 2024
  • Port of Yore: Blogs on PE’s Port, Harbour, Breakwaters, Piers and Quays 3 October 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Blogs on photography and photographers 30 September 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Willows – An Alternative View 11 September 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face #75: Odius Maximus 10 September 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: HMS Good Hope: Royal Navy training base at Seaview 22 August 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Unusual Crane on North Jetty 31 July 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Location of Alcock’s Businesses 26 July 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face #74:  Hapoor 25 July 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Early local photographers and Camera Club 24 July 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Buildings of Mosenthals 12 July 2024
  • The Story of Gilbert McBride’s WWII Service and Death 28 June 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face #73:  Is Zuma Prepared to Bury the Hatchet? 8 June 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Land Ownership in the 1820s 5 June 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face #72:  Trump Cut to Size by Occam’s Razor 2 June 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Closure of the Inner-City Locations 29 May 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Jonathan Board – Builder and Property Owner 25 May 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Algoa Flying Club 22 May 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face #71:  What a Bunch of Puckers 18 May 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: James Edward Bruton-An early photographer 16 May 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face #70:  Binary Logic – The Gender Agenda 14 May 2024
  • Our Presidents: Past, Present and Possibly Future, Compared 9 May 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Swimming at the Breakwater 2 May 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: James Brister 1 May 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Great expectations but uninviting facade 27 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Rivalries and Competing Visions 26 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Poor White Problem – 1920 to 1960 19 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Its Institutions, Trade and Population in 1877 17 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The creation of a Port without a Harbour. 11 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Was 1884 a Year of Penury or Opulence? 9 April 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face # 69:  Election 2024 – Can You Kill a Cockroach? 8 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Korsten vs Vagrancy and Trespassing in the 1830s 8 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Baakens can be Deadly 5 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: A grisly discovery 3 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Advert for the Sale of Scorey’s Hotel 3 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The First Seawater Swimming Bath 2 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The first attempt at ship building 1 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: From Morbid Curiosity to Penitence 1 April 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Arnoldus Dietz and his Patron Frederick Korsten 29 March 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore:  1835 – Under a Dark Cloud with several bright rays 22 March 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Fake Distress calls during mid 1830s 22 March 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Kemsley Family 1 March 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Mills – The First Automated Processes 25 February 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: An Avro Anson crash at Van Stadens 23 February 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Richard Attwell’s Pioneering Enterprise 21 February 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face #68: The NHS is in ICU 19 February 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Bureaucracy in Action in Algoa Bay 15 February 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Newpaper clippings on fires during 1903 and 1904 9 February 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Accidents on the Apple Express Railway 7 February 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: A Deadly Downpour on Wednesday 22 April 1903 6 February 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Rishworth’s and other Livery Stables 6 February 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face #67: SONA, Yet So Far 6 February 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Destructive Fire at Kayser’s Villa in Park Drive 5 February 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Alfred Brookes-Humewood’s Benefactor 3 February 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Biographies of the City  Engineers 27 January 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Arthur Clayton – Imbued with Civil Engineering Ethos 26 January 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Were Trekboere the Founding Fathers? 24 January 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Taking the Old Fishery Road to The Fishery 22 January 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Arthur Butterworth – City Engineer 20 January 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Saga of Mormon Converts 19 January 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Refugees during the Boer War 18 January 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: John Geard – Ironmonger with a Social Conscience 18 January 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Military Road-The First Road up the Hill 17 January 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: A Cloudburst did its Damndest in May 1897 16 January 2024
  • A SMAC in the Face #66: The Elephant in the Room 14 January 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Fire Brigade from 1917 13 January 2024
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: A  Burning Need for a Fire Brigade 12 January 2024

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