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

1. The Abandoned Town of Cairo, Illinois A once-booming Mississippi River port town has transformed into an eerie, mostly abandoned ghost town. Article found on Atlas Obscura. 2. A Lovers Eye Mourning Locket There a braided locket of hair in there too! Regency Seed Pearl Mourning Gold Locket. You can find lots of similar Lovers Eye Collectibles…

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cars For Sale

Oh Lord, won’t you buy me this Mercedes Benz. You don’t need to be a car geek to enjoy browsing through the auction lots of Monterey’s Historic Car Week, the largest automobile show in America, currently underway in California. Among the line-up of rare and iconic vintage rides this year, there are a few not-so-classic classics that really widened my eyes…

America’s Forgotten Jules Verne

I’ve just spent the morning geeking out on an online comic book library, as you do, discovering a forgotten superhero of American sci-fi history. The world’s first science fiction periodical, Frank Reade dime-novels had helicopters and airships before Jules Verne, but while the famous French adventure novelist is still considered a major literary author around the world today, who’s…

Finding Ancient History in the Grecian Sea

A photo posted by messynessychic (@messynessychic) on Aug 25, 2016 at 1:41pm PDT When I posted this photograph on Instagram a few days ago, it received quite a lot of interest, so I thought I’d update you on what happened. To fill you in, if you’re just re-joining us after the holidays, I’ve been…

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

1. This Time Capsule Home for Sale Going for $624,900 in Massachusetts, found on Estately. 2. 109 East Palace When you need to be dropped off at a top-secret research facility that does not exist, what address do you give the driver? For two decades, that address was 109 East Palace in Santa Fe,…

Chicago’s Forgotten Magazine of the Jazz Age

Who knew the New Yorker had a copycat over in Chicago during the 1920s & 30s? Trying to glaze over the reputation the city once had as a hotbed for organised crime and mob violence, The Chicagoan painted a new image for the town with colorful animated monthly magazine covers, portraying the mid-western metropolis as a place of glamour and stylish…

The Disappearing Romance of Russia’s Window Art

Man oh man, do I need to get myself over to Russia. If like me, you lust after the architectural aesthetic of places like Cuba, the French quarters of New Orleans, India, Portugal, Barcelona, Venice; all that intricately carved, colorful old stuff that gets so much love on Pinterest and Instagram; then it’s probably time you discovered an…

Bohemian Grove: The Secret Society Summer Camp

I just spent the morning finding out everything I can on the Bohemian Grove. For two weeks every summer, the 2,700 acre secured private camp in the Ancient Redwood Forest of Northern California, plays host to some of the most powerful men in the world. Every republican U.S. president since 1923 has been a member of club, including…

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

1. Havana, Cuba in 1900 Calle de Habana Teatro de Tacon, Habana Paseo del Prado Execution Wall in Cabanas, Havana, Cuba Avenue of Palms, Havana Color tinted photochromes I found on the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. 2. Antlers that Hunter S Thompson stole from Hemingway’s home are returned to the family A set…

Inside a Miniature Miss Havisham Mansion

I haven’t owned a dollhouse since I was a kid so I really don’t know what I would do with this stuff, but I’ve nevertheless developed a strange addiction to browsing miniature shops on Etsy. There’s one shop in particular that stands out to me for all its eerie bohemian and romantic oddity. Lady Delaney,…

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