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10 Jimi Hendrix Looks to Inspire an Epic Vintage Shopping Spree

There are plenty of male style icons of past and present to admire, but there are very few that make women both swoon and wish they could raid their closet at the same time. Today on the internet, I found myself getting lost in Jimi’s hypnotising style and now I’m just about ready to hit…

The Mad Hatter Is Real and He lives in Venice Beach

Once upon a time in America, hidden behind the beach where they attempted to rebuild the canals of Venice, you’ll find him… Look for the twinkling lights, the dream catchers and the crooked sign with a fedora and there, through an open door of the mystic den all in black, the mad hatter awaits. His…

The Abandoned 1920s Iconic Berlin Airport is Now the City’s Largest Park

Airports can be pretty impressive spaces, but what good is it if you can’t run wild in them? Well, in Berlin, you can do just that… Image (c) Ciaron Linstead Image (c) District Noir Welcome to the Berlin Tempelhof Airport. Sitting smack in the middle of the city, one of Europe’s most iconic pre-World War…

Meet the Walt Disney of Eastern Europe

For those whose taste in fairytales favours a darker touch, we’re traveling to the far reaches of Eastern Europe, and into the enchanting world of animator Jiří Trnka. The late Czech animator (whose name is pronounced “Yershy Trinka”) created nearly two-dozen films over his lifetime, from folksy gems like Grandfather Planted a Beet (1945) to the…

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

1. The Hidden Pirate Tower in Laguna Beach In 1926 a senator from Los Angeles, William E. Brown, bought the property and built the tower to provide his family access to the beach. A (now rusted) spiral staircase leads from the cliffs above, down through the tower, and to the beach below. The design of the…

America’s Vampire Sweetheart: Valeska Suratt

Forget the flappers. It’s time to talk about the “vampires” of yesteryear and their fiery queen of the screen and stage, Valeska Suratt. The Vamps or “vampires” were the female actors that paved the way for the flapper in the 1910s-20s and, in many ways, they were an extension of something exciting brewing in America.…

They Put What, Where? Weird Beauty Hacks of Yesteryear

According to fashion legend Diana Vreeland, “the only real elegance is in the mind; if you’ve got that, the rest really comes from it,” and we tend to agree. Of course, aesthetic cultural standards have fluctuated from generation to generation (and icon to icon) for the better, and for the worse. Sometimes beauty, fashion, and…

Steve Jobs’ Nerdy Dating Show with Bill Gates

A large part of Steve Jobs’ genius was the way in which he made new technologies not only exciting, but relatable. “Apple and Jobs fundamentally changed advertising,” said former Jobs employee, Bill Cleary, to Forbes. Watching Jobs in action at one of his many, legendary keynote (or “Stevenote,” as they were soon dubbed) speeches was like…

Why Your Sandwich Is Banned in Outer Space

John Young was a true pioneer of space exploration: he walked on the moon, orbited it alone, and commanded the very first space shuttle mission. But in 1965, he was also the first man to nearly ruin his illustrious career for smuggling a corned beef sandwich into space. Just three years after joining NASA, Young departed…

He Spent 20 Years in the Desert Carving a Village of Dolls

Welcome to Possum Trot, California. Human population: 2. Doll population: 80. For decades, its human residents were Calvin Black and his wife Ruby, who moved out to the Mojave Desert in 1953, bought some land off of Ghost town rd. (an actual road that still exists), and proclaimed it “Possum Trot.” Over the course of…

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