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So in Sweden, McDonald’s has a Ski-Thru Restaurant

“Lovin’ it” or hatin’ it, McDonald’s is a permanent fixture of the modern high street, king of the highway drive-throughs, pioneer of the fast food take-over. But did you expect it to become a part of your ski run? At “McSki,” located in the popular Swedish ski resort of Lindvallen, about 450 kilometers northwest of Stockholm,…

Bonhams Found a Million Pound Private Collection of Rare Vintage Motorcycles to Sell

This weekend at a showground in Staffordshire, England, Bonhams is having the sale of the century for great British and American motorcycles. A £1 million pound single-owner collection of 60 incredible motorcycles from a private museum will go under the hammer on Saturday 17th October and an astounding collection of barn finds unearthed after more…

13 Things I Found on the Internet (Vol. CXLVIII)

1. Haussmanhattan: Vintage Paris X New York Architect Luis Fernandes sent me his awesome Tumblr, Haussmanhattan mixing New York and Paris in the 1900-30’s. You can follow his mash-ups on Twitter and find them all on the Tumblr. 2. China’s Fake Louvre “Copycat China adds the Louvre to its ‘duplitecture’ collection”. After drawing the ire of the Egyptian government…

Check out the Private Portable Islands Christie’s are Now Selling

It’s the kind of scenario that comes straight out of a science-fiction movie set in the future, where the polar ice caps have melted and everyone is living on manmade islands drifting in the ocean, sailing the Earth. But of course for the 1%, their apocalyptic “Waterworld” looks a little more 5 star… No longer just a…

The Ten Year Apocalypse that Nearly Destroyed Midwestern America

If you saw Christopher Nolan’s science fiction epic, Interstellar, you’ll recall the first few minutes of the film, set in the year 2067, consists of interviews by survivors of an apocalyptic dust bowl. Although Nolan’s film is fictional, those scenes are in fact real interview clips of actual survivors from the Dust Bowl which nearly destroyed the midwestern United…

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

1. A Rooftop Gymnasium in Paris, 1946 French actress Barbara Laage is pictured, photographed by Nina Leen, found in the LIFE archives. 2. Classy Ladies with Hidden Tattoos Found on Miss Meadows’ Pearls 3. These Tattooed Ceramic Figures Jessica Harrison’s latest Series of Altered Ceramic Figures. 4. The old Moustaches Found on Printmag 5.…

One Guy spent the 1960s & 70s Collecting Paper Airplanes off the Streets of NYC

Harry Smith used to run out into the street to save a paper airplane he spotted from being run over by a yellow cab. One friend recalls him seeing one in the air and running after it, looking completely out of his mind. From 1961 to 1983, this eccentric collector found hundreds of airplanes that landed on the…

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

1. Miniature Mom & Pop Facades of NYC Randy Hage’s has spent many years photographing the gradually disappearing street level Mom & Pop storefronts in SoHo and then recreating them in stunning three dimensional detail to preserve memories of their “hand painted signs, layers of architecture, wonderful patinas and intriguing history.” You can see all his sculptures vs…

The Fashion Brand the Cool Kids would Rather Keep a Secret

It’s not very often that you’ll catch me dedicating an entire post to a fashion brand, but now and again, I tumble head over heels for something truly unique and just absolutely need to share it with you… It’s not often that you come across a shirt that doubles as a hand-painted piece of art, which could sound…

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

1. New York City, 1900 Found on Reddit. 2. Alexandre Dumas’ hideaway on the grounds of Monte Cristo Castle in Marly le Roi, France Where he possibly wrote The Three Musketeers? Found here and Wikipedia. 3. Soldiers (left to right) from Britain, United States, Australia, India, Germany, France, Austria Hungary, Italy, & Japan…

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