How we research our guides

Finding Locations brings together researched place guides, photographs, maps, and spoken narration for independent exploration. Our guides are researched accounts; they are not a claim that a member of our team has personally visited every place.

Sources and local context

Our editorial standard calls for venue records, museums, heritage organizations, municipal histories, and relevant local or specialist accounts. We research a place’s origins, people, stories, and surviving details. A source documenting a legend is evidence that the story is told, not that it happened.

AI-assisted work

We use AI tools to assist research, drafting, and narration. This does not replace the need for supporting evidence. We aim to distinguish established facts, interpretations, documented stories, and folklore, and to avoid invented quotations or firsthand experiences.

Visitor information and dates

Public visitor briefs show their supporting sources and the date those sources were checked where available. That date applies to the brief, not to a field inspection or every part of the guide. Opening hours, admission rules, and access can change; follow the venue’s official website before making plans.

Free information and travel passes

Place overviews, facts, photographs, public visitor briefs, and city pages are available without a pass. A travel pass unlocks full written guides, available narration, and full tours. We identify the paid boundary on each page.

Corrections and photographs

Use the report action on a place or tour, or email [email protected] with the page URL, the detail to correct, and a supporting source. Photograph credits and reuse licenses are shown with the images; they are separate from sources for the written account.