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

1. This Dreamy Winter Garden Did it ever exist? Do you recognise it? Help me! Found on Pinterest. 2. Details Portrait of a Young Woman, 1632, Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy. Dutch. The J. Paul Getty Museum. 3. This Blouse From Jardin Fantome. 4. Museum Visitors Matching the Artwork Stefan Draschan spends eternity waiting for museum…

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

1. The Gentleman’s Surprise Chair circa 1888 Found on Reddit. 2. A Belle Epoque French Villa is the most Expensive House For Sale in the World Villa Cedres is a 187 year old, 18000 square foot mansion being sold by the Italian drinks company Davide Campari-Milano for €350 million. The furnishings are also…

5 Places You Really Shouldn’t Get Stuck on Friday 13th

1. An Abandoned Soviet-Era Circus Clowns and abandoned places should never, ever mix…. In the capital city of The Republic of Moldova, there’s an abandoned mid-century communist-era circus located in the capital city of Chisnau. Easily accessible, it’s a pretty popular spot with teenagers, who like to sit, chat, and drink on the steps of the forgotten…

These German Bowling Alleys Deserve a Cameo in a Wes Anderson Movie

I never really thought to look into the history of bowling, but whaddaya know? The game didn’t actually originate in 1950s American suburbia. In fact, the earliest known forms of bowling date back to ancient Egypt where scenes depicting the sport were found engraved on the walls of burial tombs. They’ve been playing since the Middle Ages…

Exploring Cairo’s Ghost Mansions

When you visit Egypt, you’re supposed to come back with photographs of the pyramids. “I didn’t find them very interesting,” says photographer Xenia Nikolskaya, “and consequently didn’t photograph them”. In 2006, Xenia had travelled to Cairo with the help of the Egyptian Embassy in Moscow, but when she returned without a single photo of a pyramid,…

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

1. Shoppers and their Outfits Hans Eijkelboom’s work makes you think twice about ever following a trend ever again. Found on the British Journal of Photography. 2. This Forgotten Brazilian Magazine, first published in 1917 “Ei Sei Tudo” (I know everything) was an illustrated monthly magazine released in Rio de Janeiro, June, 1917. Despite…

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

1. An abandoned Playboy mansion in Tennessee The Tiki Palace party mansion was built in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1972 by strip-club tycoon Bully Hull. A Playboy bunny shaped swimming pool just off the main entrance is the focus of the 5,600 sq foot 3-bedroom mansion. The Tiki Palace mansion fell into disrepair when its owner was nicked for income…

10 Things You Probably didn’t Know about Hugh Hefner

I never thought I’d say this, but I think Hugh Hefner and I might have shared a lot of common interests– yes the same Hugh Hefner that plastered naked women across its semi-gloss pages and the very one that’s often credited with laying the foundation for mainstream porn culture. When news broke of his death…

If Romeo & Juliet had gone House-Hunting Together

What if Romeo hadn’t drank the poison? What if Juliet had awoken to find her beau alive & kicking at her bedside and they’d ridden off into the sunset in search of a love nest, to live out the rest of their days happily ever after? Now that would be a house I’d like to visit. And…

The Forgotten Doughnut Heroines of Wartime

The doughnut– America’s favourite indulgence– has an unexpected heroic history. Despite having been invented in the 1800s, the doughnut wasn’t popularised until WWI, when the ring-shaped pastries brought comfort to thousands of soldiers serving in the trenches during the brutal years far from home. The Salvation Army, a well-known Christian charitable foundation, became the first prominent organisation to…

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