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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXXI)

1. Secrets of the Holland Island Bar Light The Holland Island Bar Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay which existed from 1889 to 1960. It is remembered for the unexplained death of one of its keepers, and for being “attacked” by United States Navy pilots during a training exercise.  Read about rum runners, rockets and (maybe) bloody murder on the…

Reviving the Real-Life “Middle Earth” Maps in a Secret Paris Museum

Maps and Miniatures — these are a few of my favourite things (along with Paris and all its secret places, of course). But you might be wondering what secrets I could possibly find at one of the most recognisable landmarks in Paris, Les Invalides? So big you can’t miss it, built four centuries ago for the invalids…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXX)

1. Shadowboxes Visually immersive handmade models, as alluring and enchanting as they are curious. Visit the Etsy shop here.   2. Just Bill Murray taking a nap on the set of Fantastic Mr. Fox Found via Syndicated Cinema’s Instagram account.   3. Scenes in a Bottle Forget ships in a bottle… The “Picasso”, if you…

Strange Objects of Desire: Victorian Glassware

If there’s one thing I’m almost certain about when it comes to Victorians–it’s that they had a heck of a lot of time on their hands. Without Instagram to fill those empty moments, Pinterest to procrastinate through their evenings or Netflix to swallow up their weekends, Victorians by default, were a pretty creative and curious bunch.…

Treat Yourself to a Moment with this Artist

There are moments in my endless hours of browsing the web, digging for my next rabbit hole, when I stop and find something a little bit magical– something that opens that door to Narnia that I’m forever searching for, if only for a few seconds. Miena’s moving illustrations (literally and figuratively moving) are one of those…
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These Futurist 18th Century Observatories were probably built by Time Travellers

To add to the mystery, no one is actually sure when they were built. Located at several sites scattered around central and Northern India, it’s been estimated the colossal astronomy instruments were constructed as early as 1710. But is it just us, or do these structures look like they came straight off a Star Wars…

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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXIX)

1. Gustav Mesmer and his umbrella helicopter Gustav Mesmer (1903–1994) was a German inventor of experimental human-powered flying machines, often referred to in the press as “the Icarus of Lautertal.” He has been championed by curators as an outsider artist, while his theories about improving aerodynamics through wing and sail piercings have been of interest to scientists. He was…

You May Be Cool but You’ll never be Cordell Jackson “the Rockin’ Granny” Cool

Somewhere in between Willie Nelson and Jimi Hendrix was Cordell Jackson, an American musician thought to be the first woman to produce, engineer, arrange and promote music on her own rock and roll music label. She was making music reminiscent of the Velvet Underground before the world was even introduced to rock & roll. The Mississippi-born, ballgown-wearing guitarist played with…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXIII)

1. This staircase from the Eiffel Tower is for Sale It’s not every day that a chunk of one of the world’s most famous monuments goes on sale. But on November 27, Paris auction house Artcurial will be selling off a 24-step piece of original staircase from the Eiffel Tower, removed in 1983 to help lighten the…
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Diary of a Tomb Raider

Can you imagine being among the first to study an ancient site? How you would feel brushing your fingers against those ancient monoliths, untouched for thousands of years, hidden in the thick of the jungle. You would think the days for such an adventure are long gone; that there’s nothing left to discover nowadays– but…

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