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The Rock and Roll Club of the Desert Vagabonds

We leave Salvation Mountain behind us, dazed and dazzled. But there is more to discover in this most curious corner of the California desert… Past the lonely shoe tree standing at the side of a dirt road… Slab City awaits us. But this is no city, at least not as we know it. There are no…

The Tiniest House in London, possibly the World, is for Sale just shy of Half a Million Dollars

Come and take a tour of this one-bedroom London property up for sale, it’ll only take a second– no, literally. Despite its shortcomings (measuring in at just 17 square meters or 188 square feet), this compact little terraced house located near Angel in Islington, pretty much has everything you could possibly need in a London pied-a-terre (yes, I…

The Veteran Chanel Window Dresser who opened the Oddest Little Art Gallery in Paris

I once read somewhere that if you were to spend eight seconds in front of every piece of artwork in the Louvre’s collection it would take one year to see everything. I believe the same rule holds true for Station Arret Facultatif. It’s as if a tornado swept through Paris and dumped the best of the…

The Babes of Sydney’s Criminal Past

Femme Fatales and Devious Divas were the ruling forces of Sydney’s underbelly during the 1920’s. These convicted ladies knew how to get into trouble in the most fashionable ways possible. Posing for their mug shots, they came dressed to the nines in furs, pearls, stylish hats and sassy drop-waist frocks. Even if they were being…

So, you can Buy an old Soviet Fighter Jet or a Boeing 747 just like a Used Car on the Internet

Having a Mig-life crisis?! You’re in luck because a two seater supersonic Mig-21 runs only about $70,000 on the internet these days…. That’s right, just like a used car, you can buy your very own Soviet military aircraft, a staple of the Russian and Soviet air forces, sold to militaries within its communist sphere of influence including China, North Korea, and North Vietnam and…

The Restaurant where you Dine as if you were an actual Guest at the Fawlty Towers

Sometimes, dining out just lacks a bit of drama. Sometimes, you just want to see an almighty showdown spill out from the kitchen (but hopefully not land in your lap) and add a bit of spice –and laughter– to your meal. Well, today I discovered that such a show(down) exists where you can make a reservation for a table in…

The Woman who is the Mayor, Bartender, Librarian and Sole Resident of her Town

Deep in Nebraska, there’s a one-woman town called Monowi, the only officially incorporated municipality in the United States with a population of just one. Upon approaching Monowi, a green road sign stands at the town limits, proudly displaying its number of resident(s). Meet Elsie Eiler, who you can usually find busying herself in the town’s bar. When…

Waiting for the End of the World: Fallout Shelter Tourism

Most people travel the world to visit various natural wonders, take a tour of the famous monuments or go in search of authentic cuisine. Richard Ross goes in search of bomb shelters. Armed with his camera, Ross took a five-year journey into the underground world, documenting not only the bomb shelters of the United States, but also…

Reviving the Studio 54 of Paris: Fame & Debauchery in a Bathhouse turned Nightclub

Before it became an icon of Parisian nightlife, it was Marcel Proust’s favourite bath house a century earlier. In 1978, it became Paris’ answer to Studio 54, overflowing with famous faces; a cultural institution fuelled by sex, drugs, disco … and midnight swimming. Photographs (c) Foc Kan “Magnifique, Magique, Mythique”, writes one former patron describing…

For Sale! The Three-Eyed Car of Tomorrow that Never Was

It could have been as iconic as the Mustang, as popular as the Cadillac but only 51 Tuckers were ever made before the factory suddenly closed its doors forever in 1948. The Tucker 48 was the American dream of a small entrepreneur who believed he could go up against the automobile giants at a time when the…

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