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

1. The Doo-Wop Motels of New Jersey, After the Summer Tourists Have Gone Wildwoods, the three kitschy southern New Jersey shore towns that are home to the largest concentration of mid-century motels in the nation. In the Wildwoods’ 1950s and ’60s heyday, over 300 “Doo Wop motels” were built there in that unmistakable style: flashy neon…

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

And we’re back! I was spending some quality time with my books on the beach, sorry to keep you hanging there. My batteries are re-charged and I return bearing gifts, thirteen to be precise… 1. San Francisco Before Gentrification, early 1970s Janet Delaney’s South of Market provide a colorful, nostalgic glimpse of the San Francisco a generation ago. She settled in the…

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

1. This 1920s Penthouse Apartment on the Champs-Elysées The apartment of M. Charles de Beistegui, Paris, France, 1929, built by Le Corbusier the Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. Found on the Fondation Le Corbusier website. 2. When both sides of the Channel tunnel…

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

1. Collages of Detroit: Then & Now “Not very long ago, Detroit was a rich, beautiful city, full of vibrant people. I found pictures from the previous century and combined them with the photographs I took during my most recent visit to Detroit.” – Flora Borsi. “What if these people from the past could see their…

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.

Hundreds of Awesome Vintage Sea Flags hidden away in a Museum

It’s amazing what secret treasures museums don’t display. Hidden away in the back rooms of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England are 1000’s of flags used to identify navy vessels and shipping lines throughout history. The museum is constrained by conservation and space resources but they’ve done a very good job of documenting most of them in an…

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

1. These school chalkboards frozen in time, untouched since 1917 This week, contractors removing old chalkboards at Emerson High School in Oklahoma City made a startling discovery: Underneath them rested another set of chalkboards, untouched since 1917. “The penmanship blows me away, because you don’t see a lot of that anymore,” Emerson High School Principal Sherry Kishore…

Postcard from the Eiffel Tower, Paris (Russia)

The first thing I learned today, is that there’s a small village in Russia called Paris. With a current population of around 1700 people, the rural village was intentionally named after the French capital in the early 19th century when its founders returned from a victorious campaign against Napoleonic France. The second thing I learned is…

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…

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

1. The Pin Up Girl Bunker March 1944: Hundreds of pictures of pin-up girls adorn the entire wall of this bomber crew shack on Adak Island in the Aleutians in Alaska during World War II. Rare photos from World War II’s Forgotten Front, found on TIME/LIFE. 2. The International Flag of Planet Earth A…

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