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

1. The Ruins of this Ancient Roman Library The library was completed in 135 AD and was built to house 12,000 scrolls and to honor the Roman Senator Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, whose tomb is below the entrance. Photos found via Travel Junkies and Flickr 1, 2, 3 2. This Building in Macau Found on…

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

1. Abandoned Detroit Ballroom, host to Jazz Royalty, may get a second chance… The Vanity Ballroom hosted jazz greats including Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald. The venue, on Detroit’s East Side has been closed for years now. This is what it looks like…. Now another one of these “impossible” projects looks…

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

1. A Time Capsule of Medical History Discover this amazing little museum in Indiana, found on Thought & Sight. 2. The Streets of San Francisco Found on this instagram account via This isn’t Happiness. 3. London’s Abandoned system of Elevated Walkways A fascinating documentary well worth your time… 4. Miniature Facades by Drew…

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

1. Documenting the unseen designs beneath book jackets A collection by Nick Ceglia of books that have a “Cover under Cover”. 2. There is an art museum on the moon, and one of the artworks is a penis drawn by Andy Warhol Moon Museum is a small ceramic wafer three-quarters of an inch by half an…

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

1. London Underground Posters from the 1920s From Bonhams and Library of Congress, via IO9 2. England’s 35 acre, secret subterranean Cold War City Deep beneath Wiltshire lies an abandoned fortress, strewn with old bedding, rusting machinery and stationery marked ‘top secret’. This is the Corsham bunker, where the nation’s elite would have retreated in…

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

1. Extras on the set of Spartacus Extras playing corpses on the set of Spartacus assigned with numbers so that Stanley Kubrick could address them individually and give them instructions. Found here. 2. Keith’s Bicycle Track A bicycle track, only described as “Keith’s Bicycle Track,” circa 1901. Found originally in this Pubic Domain folder of images of the…

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

1. This Guy This is Peter Arnold, a world renowned Spitfire historian. He basically spends his time globetrotting the world, documenting and authenticating WW2 Spitfire aircrafts that are still flying and those in various stages of restoration. He also takes on the occasional refurbishment project. His wife is very understanding. Image found on Tumblr, background…

Forgotten Vintage Style Icon du Jour: Nina Rindt

Ask a boyfriend or husband about Nina Rindt and chances are, they’re more likely to have heard of her than us girls. A face better recognised trackside at Formula One races than in the fashion world, the Finnish model and wife of the late racing driver Jochen Rindt is an unsung style heroine who more than…

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

1. The Abandoned Town of Cairo, Illinois A once-booming Mississippi River port town has transformed into an eerie, mostly abandoned ghost town. Article found on Atlas Obscura. 2. A Lovers Eye Mourning Locket There a braided locket of hair in there too! Regency Seed Pearl Mourning Gold Locket. You can find lots of similar Lovers Eye Collectibles…

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

1. This Time Capsule Home for Sale Going for $624,900 in Massachusetts, found on Estately. 2. 109 East Palace When you need to be dropped off at a top-secret research facility that does not exist, what address do you give the driver? For two decades, that address was 109 East Palace in Santa Fe,…

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