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Honeymooning on the Battlefields of WWII

In 1947, ex American GI Ernest Kreiling, toured the battlefields of Europe with his bride by bike. Photographer Anthony Linck followed the couple around France and Germany as they retraced his steps as a soldier. The unlikely road trip shows the raw war wounds of ravaged towns and Ernest is forced to revisit some difficult…

The Tiny Island on the Thames That Once Held The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and the UK’s Largest Hippie Commune

Let’s take a walk along the towpath by the Thames, breathing in the heady scent of summer. See that island in the middle? That’s where we’re headed. And I’ve got a map, so I know it’s there! Past the gently bobbing riverboats moored at Twickenham, Until we reach a single footbridge. Here we go… And we’re…

So in Japan, There’s an Abandoned American Cowboy Theme Park

Photographer Shane Thoms makes an excellent point when he says that abandoned theme parks are more fun to visit than active theme parks– especially when they’re creepy colonial cowboy-themed ones wasting away outside small remote towns in Japan. Shane Thoms is an Australian photographer who has a passion for decay, abandonment and disrepair, something he seems to…

Meet the Nomadic Berber Rock Band Who Plays the Desert Blues

They’ve played at Glastonbury and Coachella and brought down the house at New Orleans’ legendary House of Blues. Bob Dylan, Coldplay and Carlos Santana are fans and in 2012, this nomadic group of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali went to Hollywood to pick up their first Grammy award for Best…

Hollywood’s Iconic ‘Gone with the Wind’ Movie Set Has Been Hiding in a Barn for Decades

It was the first ever film to receive more than five Academy Awards, one of which was bought by Michael Jackson when he bid $1.5 million on the 1939 statue for Best Picture. Re-released in theatres in the US eight times, it raked in more than $400 million, which when adjusted for inflation is anywhere between…

Found in a Derelict Castle: The Lost Fleet of Alfa Romeos

So there’s a “barn find”– the term used for uncovering lost priceless cars sitting in a garage covered in dust– and then there’s a “castle find“. This is the rather more unique story of six Alfa Romeo 1960s sport cars discovered beneath a stunning abandoned castle in Belgium. On a winter’s morning before the break…

What to Bid on at the Historic Ritz Paris Auction

When they closed the Ritz Paris for a four year renovation in 2012, my mind often went to that place where I imagine I can walk through walls and suddenly, I’m roaming empty hallways and rooms with the ghosts of the city’s most storied hotel. Sometimes I wandered into the secret Ritz warehouse (yes, such…

And Now Paris Lovers, You Can Dress Like a Parisian Café Chair

I don’t really have much business being at Paris Fashion week– you’re far more likely to find me at the café with my pichet of wine. And anyway, there’s too much noise surrounding it all to allow someone like me to find stories behind the clothes. But paying no mind to the chaos, a small and…

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

1. Little Houses on the Prairie A series on forgotten places around the world by Brendon Burton. 2. Abduction, Woodsen County, Kansas, 1897 Alex Hamilton of Woodsen County, Kansas, was awakened at 10:30 one night by the sound of a disturbance in the cow pasture on his farm. Peering into the night, he observed…

The Fantastic Folding Mini-Motel Caravan, 1959

You probably know by now that caravans are one of my favourite things and with summer holidays and road trip wanderlust in the air, I’d like to present my latest find, the (fantastic) folding Mini-Motel caravan. Somewhat forgotten in automobile history, I came across it in this terribly English promotional feature from 1959 through the archive of British Pathé… The Mini-Motel,…

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