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

1. Wonderland Inc, Kansas City, 1968 (under investigation) In 1968, Wonderland Inc., of Kansas City, Missouri, was taken to court by the United States of America. The case was brought by the Tax Division of the Department of Justice. These images formed part of the case. More found on Flashbak. 2. Inside the world…

What Kind of Town Elects a Cat as its Mayor?

Alaska is home to many wild and wonderful sights. From remote gold prospecting towns, to vast expanses of barely populated wilderness, to soaring mountains. But one of its smallest treasures is also one of its most unusual – a town with a population of just over eight hundred, who have had a cat for their…

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Lunch at the Forgotten Rothschild Party Palace

I stood looking up at the gates, hands on my hips, wondering what forgotten chateau I’d stumbled upon this time. We’d taken a detour to avoid the traffic back into Paris and suddenly pulled over into the ditch by the side of the road at my absolute insistence. What I didn’t know then, peeping through…

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Burning iPhones and Designer Bags on China’s Day of the Dead

It’s common belief in China that people still need money and material goods in the after-life and that ghosts can go hungry or homeless unless the living can give them a helping hand. The Qingming Festival or ‘Tomb Sweeping Day’ comes but once a year, and when it does, it calls for some serious damage to be…

Paris without People

There was something strange about the collection of Paris photographs I stumbled upon in the archives of the French national library today. The streets and buildings looked surprisingly familiar despite the photographs being over 150 year old, but where were all the people? Was this Paris’ great disappearance act of the 19th century? Alas, the…

10 Remarkable Things Hiding in the Attic

An attic is the ultimate guardian of secrets; a hiding place for all sorts of things disguised in the darkness and the dust– family history, forgotten treasure, architectural follies and perhaps a few skeletons in the closet? I thought it was about time we dedicated a brief compendium to the attic: the most mysterious and…

Four Grisly Murders, One Salvador Dali

Note: portions of this article contain graphic text. You couldn’t have concocted an eerier murder mystery if you tried. Yet, history seems to have bookmarked the case of the Missing Women of Perpignan — “Les disparues de Perpignan”, as the French say — with dwindling media attention; a shocker due not only to the case’s bizarre nature, but the fact…

A Brief Guide to Going Naked in Paris

Here at MessyNessyChic, our motto is Don’t be a Tourist in Paris, but what about being a naked tourist in Paris?! The topic came up (don’t ask how) and we were curious– as summer approaches, temperatures rise, and the layers come off– does Paris have a naturist scene? As it turns out, the answer is yes! The first organised…

Inventing the “Stepford Wives” American Dream Town

The first thing to know when walking around Levittown, PA, is that it is very easy to get lost. The leafy winding streets often double back on themselves, and confusingly, the street names in the different parts of town not only all begin with the same letter, but have similar sounding, idyllic names; Shadetree Lane,…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today CCLXXXIII)

1. India’s Wedding Wagons Photographer Sameer Raichur’s “Chariots of Frolic” documents the cars used in Indian wedding processions. Found on Ignant. 2. E. Lillian Todd, the first woman to design and build her own aircraft, 1906 Found on Wikipedia. 3. Chinese Ghost Village Captured by Drone Videographer Joe Nafis has perfectly captured the rare charm…