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The Secret World of “Ghost Shift” Midnight Manufacturing

The ship of Theseus, one of the oldest quandaries in Western philosophy, posits whether an object reconstructed with replaced parts can be considered the same as the original. But what if the ship is constructed with the same parts, in the exact same shipyard, only without the ship maker’s knowledge? It happens far more frequently than…

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

1. London’s Prop Houses, photographed by Jasper Fry Joseph Fry’s exhibition is on show from Friday 27 August until Sunday 5 September (10 am-4 pm daily) at Act One Cinema, Acton High Street, London W3 6NA. Good to know: We’ll be covering some of London’s most atmospheric prop houses in the upcoming Don’t be a Tourist…

The Ghost Town left Behind by an American Sect of Hollow Earth Believers

In the once harsh and bug-infested swamplands of southwest Florida, lies the remains of a strange 19th century settlement. Founded by a charismatic leader who led his members into the quagmire to build a “New Jerusalem” and seek immortality through celibacy, the commune revolved around the belief not that the earth was flat, but hollow…

A Beginner’s Guide to Italian Ghost Towns Selling Houses for €1

It’s been a rough few years, but it’s also been a time for re-evaluating our lives and dreaming “out of the box”. Back in 2015, we caught wind of the first Italian towns to adopt the appealing concept of giving away or selling abandoned houses for the symbolic price of 1 euro, in a bid to…

Hitchhiking By Train To Amtrak’s Ghost Town

“Are you sure you want to get off here?,” asks the train conductor, and with good reason: for it is nighttime at Amtrak’s least used railway station. Indeed, Thurmond, West Virginia is so remote and rarely used, that it is a request stop on America’s nation rail network: not only do you have to ask…

There’s an Alternate Universe of Pre-MTV Music Videos You’ve Never Seen

The birth of the music video is often credited to MTV. It was 1981 when the first 24-hour music channel launched on our screens with “Video Killed the Radio Star”. Oh the irony, right? Wrong. Video and the radio star actually go way back. Get comfortable, because we’re about to have some fun getting to…

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

1. Before photography took over, French astronomer E.L. Trouvelot created breathtaking celestial artwork (1882) Discover the Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings on Public Domain Review. 2. Banksy’s Great British Spraycation The artist spray paints England’s favorite summer holiday destinations… 3. A faux magazine (and tribute to The New Yorker) that celebrates Tokyo Found on Instagram. 4. A…

Discovering Dalida, the Tragic Diva

Before living in Paris, I did not know Dalida, but this city was on a first-name basis with her– heck, they even called her “Saint Dalida”. She sold more than 170 million albums worldwide, had a career that spanned over 30 years and became an international icon, ranking among the biggest singers of all time. And yet, outside…

Street Style of the Great American Road Trip

In the late 1970s, Roger Minick set out with his wife in their VW camper on a road trip around the western United States, with the sole purpose of photographing sightseers. Minick is widely known for his series documenting tourists in the National Parks of the United States and has been published in numerous books and exhibited around…

The Millionaire Teenage Ad Girl who wrote the Book on Jazz Age Etiquette

Are you haunted by the ghosts of your social mistakes? Have you ever suffered the humiliation of fluffing a greeting with an acquaintance in the street? Or the ignominy of using the wrong fork at the dining table? Around a century ago, such social gaffes and embarrassing blunders were seen to be daily pitfalls, waiting to…

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