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The Last Globemaker

Ever wondered about the world behind those spinning globes that fascinated you so much as a kid?! No, me neither, but a mini documentary about Peter Bellerby and his London-based company that manufactures fine handcrafted globes is an unexpected delight. How does one get into the globe-making business? Bellerby, started out when he made one for his…

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,…

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…

For Sale! Former Methodist Church, complete with Spacious Graveyard

So you’d have to share your backyard with a few dozen other souls resting (or not resting) under the ground– minor details! Check out this church up for sale as a home/ retreat in the Catskills, just 90 miles from New York city. With a roomy 2,500 square feet including a working bell tower and organ, it’s…

Buy the “Walking Dead” Ghost Town, Just a Click away on eBay

I click on the eBay listing for the historic Downtown area of Grantville, Georgia. “Add to cart” for $680,000, a “unique opportunity” but “may not ship to France”. Crumbs. Anyone else interested? It’s not everyday you find 9 buildings on 40,000 square feet of a downtown historic district up for sale on eBay, but then again, the…

For Sale: The Red Velvet Apartment in Paris

Isn’t it just fabulous?! A little strange, but kinda fabulous. I’m picturing Jessica Rabbit smoking her cigarette pipe out of the window here on a misty evening in Paris, the opening scene for her own sexy French spin-off story. It’s like we’ve stepped inside the church of red velvet, on the top floor of a luxurious 18th century…

For Sale! A Rock n Roll Tour Wagon to Spruce up for an Epic Summer Road Trip

Looking for a DIY project you can really put your heart into? I’ve got just the thing for you! Now just hear me out. I know it might look a little rough around the edges, but this beautiful mint green baby has so much potential… You’re looking at a 1951 Tour Wagon that was customised by…

For Sale! The Ghost Town that Nobody Wanted

Johnsonville, Connecticut may be completely void of (human) inhabitants at present and characterised by those particular houses where one might occasionally see the faint shadows of children in nightgowns watching you from the attic window, but hey– a few licks of paint and a good spring clean to wash those ghosts right out of your lair and you could…

For Sale! A 1960s New York Mets Baseball Car to Zip Around in this Summer

There is very little I know about the sport of baseball. What I do know however, is that we all need one of these giant baseball-shaped “bullpen” cars to run ourselves down to the beach this summer… “A fantastic example of whimsical Major League Baseball marketing from the late 1960s,” used intermittently for legendary World Series games at…

And now, a Catalogue of Crazy Customized Coffins

Someone is selling this Airstream coffin on eBay for $4,500. It comes from Ghana where it was made in a workshop in 1995 by Nii Anum, a disciple of Kane Kwei, a carpenter born in the 1920s who made a name for himself making custom fantasy casket in his hometown of Accra. Kwei first began…

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