Junk Hunting in the Foothills of Missouri

Guest article by The Rucksack Foodie Part of living in the Midwest is having an appreciation for the past, and from that often grows a fondness for pieces of the past as well. Collecting antiques, junk hunting for treasures or in search of curious pieces of the past the best way in Missouri is a…

The Forgotten Souls of London’s Women of the Night

Guest article by A Passport Affair Down an unremarkable side street in Southwark, London, is a fenced lot filled with broken concrete slabs, patches of overgrown grass and the odd piece of abandoned construction equipment. Its dark history and iron gates separate this sad little patch from the outside world. Lengths of ribbon, handwritten messages…

Hunting for the Lost River of Paris

La Seine, immortalized by artists and adored by lovers dangling their feet over the quay, harbours a dark secret. Under the fifth and thirteenth arrondissements grumbles la Bièvre, the Seine’s younger sibling who was banished to the netherworld over one-hundred years ago. Starting thirty-three kilometers away in the Yvelines and feeding into the Seine at…

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

1. Grace Kelly’s Hair Test Found on Doses of Grace 2. No. 12 Henrietta Street No. 12 Henrietta Stree is among the earliest extant terraced houses in Dublin and dates from 1730-1733 … From 1821 No.12 was occupied by Captain George Bryan of Jenkinstown Park, County Kilkenny, known as the richest commoner in Ireland…

Art at War: Lost Frescoes of the Maginot Line

The Maginot Line, considered by many to be one of the greatest and most expensive military mistakes of all time; a name rarely spoken of today except to recall something that people hope will prove effective but instead, fails miserably. But here, inside the forgotten underground bunkers that line a defensive wall built by the French between…

20 Wendy Houses for the Peter Pan in You

Some of you may find this article choice a little too “twee”, but I can’t even help myself. I want a Wendy House. Better yet, I want someone to build me a Wendy House. Before we get started, let’s just be clear on what exactly a Wendy House is. Made for Wendy Darling in J. M. Barrie’s play, Peter…

The Electric Art Deco Glamour of a Power Plant Unplugged

Power plants and glamour aren’t two things you’d normally put together in a sentence, but hey, I guess that’s what I’m here for. Just look at that thing– combining great hulking industrial power with the glamour, elegance and delicacy of art deco design! We’re looking at the former control room of the Kelenföld Power Plant…

Honk if you Love the Subculture of Indian Trucker Art

I‘ve been itching to do something on the marvel that is the subculture of Indian Trucker Art, but I’ve been waiting for just the right reason to do it– and today I found it. Horn Please is a stunning documentary that encapsulates the kaleidoscopic age-old Indian folk art that found its way into the modern-day…

That Time Donald Duck was a Nazi

Disney has its fair share of questionable cartoons in the archives and over the years, the company has been accused of everything from racism to sexism, the promotion of drug use and even pedophilia. And then there was that time that Donald Duck was a Nazi. In 1943, Walt Disney productions released the American animated…

The Laundromat Social Club

I can’t be the only one that has a “thing“ for laundromats. They’re a tough thing to love, I suppose and to many, they’re simply depressing places. But I think there’s something curiously charming about these unloved mom-and-pop businesses with their invasively bright lighting schemes, muted pastel machines and stories of strangers that met while…