# Loretto Staircase

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretto-staircase/10315>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 25, 2000, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretto-staircase/10315 "2000-03-25T03:23:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![debra\_neubauer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@debra\_neubauer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/debra_neubauer)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretto-staircase/10315/21 "2000-04-14T05:05:00Z")

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Just out of curiosity, why don’t you build a miniature? Could be fun!

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**Author:** ![debra\_neubauer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@debra\_neubauer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/debra_neubauer)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretto-staircase/10315/22 "2000-04-14T05:09:00Z")

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> Originally posted by debra neubauer:  
> **Just out of curiosity, why don’t you build a miniature? Could be fun!**

Is this where I say “hi twin?” l, b

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretto-staircase/10315/23 "2000-04-14T07:31:00Z")

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**Anthracite:**

No quotation marks around the URLs. Nothing but spaces.  
[http://www.csicop.org/si/9811/i-files.html](http://www.csicop.org/si/9811/i-files.html)  
[http://www.nmia.com/~paulos/loretto.html](http://www.nmia.com/~paulos/loretto.html)

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Work is the curse of the drinking classes. (Oscar Wilde)

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretto-staircase/10315/24 "2000-04-14T13:01:00Z")

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Our daughter moved to Santa Fe about six months ago, and when we helped her move, we took a tour that included the famous staircase. The tourguide (a retired history professor) told us the myths about the staircase and then debunked them all. He said, there’s nothing “mysterious” about it and it’s not hard to duplicate, despite the popular myths.

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