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Oh, Just a Miniature Mermaid’s Dollhouse

This is one of those slightly random finds that I was about to throw in with my Monday series of 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today, but then I looked closer (rubbed my eyes in disbelief a little), and realised it definitely needed its very own post. That, and the fact that it’s a Miniature. Mermaid.…

For Sale: The Perfect Bond Villain’s Lair Atop a Desert Volcano

Dr. No’s luxurious mountain lair was of course blown to smithereens by Bond before it could ever go on the market, but should the supervillain have somehow escaped 007, I imagine we would likely find him hiding away in a place that looks exactly like this… What do you look for when you’re house hunting? A great view,…

Meet Brad Pitt’s Tattooist and Lana Del Rey’s Muse

His scratchy voice “waxing lyrical about regret and absolution”, the dark elegance of LA nostalgia; this is a hypnotising short film by Ivan Olita on Mark Mahoney, owner of the legendary tattoo shop, Shamrock Social Club. You might recognise him as the co-star in a couple of Lana Del Rey’s music videos, but Mark has been a bit of…

A Billionaire’s Fairytale Replica Chateau Sitting Empty next to Versailles

Parisians would probably like to think they know of all the major Châteaux in their vicinity. There is of course Versailles, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, Fontainebleau, and the hunting palace of Chantilly. But just a fifteen minute drive from the heart of Paris, nestled deep within thick forest walls, lies a jaw-dropping chateau, or a not-so-mini version of Versailles,…

For Sale: The First Mid-Century Hollywood Hills Shag Pad

“Mid Century was Born HERE, ” says the property listing which prices the supposed birthplace of the quintessential hillside Hollywood bachelor pad at $1,125,000. And although I’ve always been weary of real-estate talk, this is one selling point that might actually be true… These groovy LA digs were built in 1948 by the well-known American innovators of modernist architecture,…

No Tickets to Burning Man? Try Amsterdam’s Deserted Island Campsite for Space Cadets

Tickets to the Burning Man Festival sold out in under an hour this year. So if you couldn’t get your tickets, couldn’t get the end-of-summer time off, or just couldn’t get yourself to travel half way across the world, here’s an alternative that might be of interest. It doesn’t require the huge commitment that Burning Man does,…

The Neighbourhood Hippie Squat that Seceded from the European Union

The story of Freetown Christiania does, in some ways, seem like a fairy tale… a druggy, twisted, modern-day fairy tale at that, but a fairy tale nonetheless. (c) Apolasos Upon entering Christiania, Denmark, situated right in the heart of Copenhagen, a carved sign reads: You Are Now Leaving the European Union. Free town Christiania is a…

This Empty Sicilian Town is Giving away Free Houses

There are records at Ellis Island in New York showing that between 1892 and 1924, the small Sicilian town of Gangi lost about 1,700 of its residents to the American dream. They abandoned their homes to board trans-Atlantic ocean liners, sold to the prospect of a better life by shipping agents pushing emigration in the region. Those…

Stay at this beautiful Portuguese Hostel … that’s right, I said HOSTEL!

Let me be the first one to admit that when traveling, I have always steered clear of hostels. I’ve forever kept this image of a horribly grimy hostel in London that I would often pass by when I lived there and shudder at the thought. But that was before I laid my eyes on the…

Communist Dollhouses: Stasi Chic in Miniature

Cold War-era furnishings, kitschy wallpaper and fine examples of mid-century architecture from the German Democratic Republic, there’s a huge collection of “Soviet chic” German dollhouses on Flickr, hailing from the short-lived era when East Germany was under communist rule, for all your nostalgic Stasi needs… Browse the full collection here.

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