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

1. The Most Beautiful Abandoned Railway Station in the World This is an abandoned railway station in Abkhazia, former Russian territory. It stays untouched since the collapse of USSR – the railway connection of Abkhazia and Russia stopped and railway station left out of demand so nature could take over the left-overs of Soviet architecture.…

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

1. The Mysterious Tianzi Hotel, China I found a photograph of these giant buildings on Pinterest, labelled “The Tianzi Hotel, Beijing”. There’s very little up to date information on the internet (even in Chinese) but this account from Asia Obscura written in 2009 seems to be the best bet: An hour east of Beijing on…

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

1. A Tiny Grand Budapest Hotel (for birds) Made by the 212 Clinic 2. That time a Pilot Landed on an Uptown Street in NYC, because that’s where the bar was. Pictured on 191st Street in 1956: The remarkable drunken landings of Tommy Fitz have all but slipped into oblivion. The pilot, Thomas…

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

1. The Beverley Hills Hotel rendered in Cake And 7 other Los Angeles Landmarks Rendered in Cake found on Curbed. 2. Oscar nominees with their younger selves Full gallery found on People.com 3. A Spotters’ guide to UFOs, 1967 Found on the Bruce Sterling (Wired) Tumblr, via Boing Boing 4. Just a…

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

1. The first Harley Davidson Factory In 1903, William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson made available to the public the first production Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The bike was built to be a racer, with a 3-1/8 inch bore and 3-1/2 inch stroke. The factory in which they worked was a 10 x 15-foot wooden shed with…

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

1. The Musical Milkman From the Soibelman Archive found on This isn’t Happiness 2. India’s Toy Candy Houses that inspired by Ettore Sottass The oldest house dates back to 1941 and no doubt influenced Italian designer Ettore Sottsass after his extensive travels around India. Found on Ad Magazine. 3. North Korea’s 28…

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

1. A resort spa carved out of the Utah Desert Amangiri Resort in Utah near the Arizona border, by Aman 2. An all-bearded Baseball Team The House of David was an apocalyptic cult that formed a commune community which focused on clean, hirsute living, celibacy, and most memorably their minor league baseball team.…

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

1. The Black Rock Bijou Theatre The Black Rock Bijou was the classic movie theater located in the deep playa, outside of Black Rock City at Burning Man each year from 2010-2013. Photos found on the Smithsonian (Mark Kaplan) and the Black Rock Bijou Facebook Page. 2. An Amphibious Ice Cream Truck Commissioned…

If Wes Anderson had an Online Store, it would Probably look Something like This

Browsing the Best Made Co., an independent store based out of New York, is a little bit like browsing a Wes Anderson movie prop list. Steve Zissou’s red beanie and survival kit– check; Moonrise Kingdom’s boy scout badges and campfire tools– check. Since it was founded in 2009 by Peter Buchanan-Smith, a down-and-out guy who had just…

I just took a Romantic Evening Stroll in Marseille … while sitting at my desk

Admittedly, I find Google Street View a little scary. It always jumps around on me, warping me all the way down the street when I just want to see the next door down. So when I got an email from an old Paris friend telling me to check out a newly launched Google Street View…

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