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Sleep inside a Designer’s Cabinet of Curiosities Boutique

Here’s how it usually works with me on the internet. I’ll stumble upon a single photograph of something that looks curious and intriguing and I’ll follow that image down the rabbit hole to the other end of the earth, literally. Today I came out the other end of the rabbit hole in Australia after finding a…

The Secret Seventies Bar Hidden inside a Retro Laundromat Café

I‘m guessing every keyword in that title had you at hello. Secret, seventies, hidden, retro, laundromat café– yep, I like to think I’m starting to get a feel for the sort of things that float your boat. So let’s get straight to it and hop over to London for a moment to check out this spot I’ve been eyeballing every since it…

Disappear inside the Secret “Sinners” Cave Temple

If you’re in need of the perfect spiritual hideaway, I think I might have found it. Like something out of a legend, nestled inside an ancient grotto carved out of steep limestone cliffs in a remote region of Italy, the clandestine Temple of Valadier is thought to symbolize the Virgin Mary’s Roman Catholic title, “Refugium eccatorum”, meaning “refuge of sinners“… (c) Luca…

The Restaurant of 10,000 Bones (Probably not for Vegetarians)

When it comes to restaurants, for me, the ambiance and decor is just as important as the food and I particularly enjoy it when a restaurant feeds me some serious home décor inspiration wherever I look in between mouthfuls. But this sock-knocking restaurant I stumbled upon really gives you something to chew on. Hueso restaurant is a…

Cocktails in a Collector’s Museum: Lisbon’s Most Curious Bar

You know what museums are missing? Cocktails. Calling all collectors and oddity enthusiasts (that includes you), I’d like to present one of the world’s most eccentric bars, a veritable cabinet of curiosities if I’ve ever seen one, containing tens of thousands of fascinating objects housed in a former exotic grocery store-turned-drinking den. Antique soldiers, war memorabilia and…

The Rotting Underwater Ballroom of a Victorian Bernie Madoff

Beneath the lake of a once lavish Victorian estate built by a flamboyant mining tycoon, a secret awaits… (c) Forgotten Heritage At murkey water’s edge, a stone structure being overtaken by greenery hides a locked door. If you happen to have the right key, it will lead you down a spiral staircase and underneath the lake…

The Romeow Cat Bistrot, for the Coolest Cats in Town

I‘m not a huge cat person (dogs are more my sort of cuddle fix), but I couldn’t help but be utterly charmed by the latest European cat café to open in bella Roma… It’s not your average cat café, where you imagine the armchairs to smell a little musty. No, Romeow Cat Bistrot (gotta love…

Lord of the Rings: Theo Fennell’s Miniature Gems

It’s not everyday you’ll find me blogging about luxury jewellery, well, in fact it’s never. But something shiny caught my eye today that lured me into unfamiliar territory. It was British jewellery designer Theo Fennell‘s secret garden ring… I remember walking down the Fulham Road in London where the Theo Fennell flagship store has stood for…

The Mysterious Trophy Room Found under a Boston Bridge

Past the construction signs on the Cambridge side of the Longfellow Bridge, a Boston landmark over the Charles River, an unexpected suprise awaits. A few perplexed passersby have snapped the display and posted it on the web, asking for more information about it… (c) City Owls Upon stumbling upon it, you might imagine a story of a…

Documenting the Giants of Roadside America

California native, Debra Jane Seltzer, must have the most sizeable independently-run website I’ve ever come across– and that’s not just because it’s full of the roadside giants she documents. Roadside Architecture is literally huge, containing more than 2,300 pages and over 60,000 photos. Banging away at her website for nearly 15 years now, Debra has…

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