10 Treasure Maps to Secret Paris

These maps have been drawn by Parisians who were asked to give directions to a place in Paris that is significant or important to them personally, for any reason. Freelance photographer Ami Sioux is the creator behind PARIS 48°49N 2°29E, a book portraying a side of the city as interpreted by those who live and work in…

How They Painted Bond’s Golden Girl

Step One: Actress Shirley Eaton is cast as a gold-painted corpse in Goldfinger. Step Two: Miss Eaton is assured that death from “skin suffocation”, (although probably not entirely certain about it in 1964), is not a likely outcome. Step Three: Just in case, a doctor is hired to be on set at all times in fear of possible skin…

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

1. Orchard Street, NYC Time Travels to the 1900s for Filming of “The Knick” (feel obligated to clarify that this is a fake horse) Taking us on a journey back in time, period drama “The Knick” gave Orchard Street in New York City’s Lower East side a 1900s makeover… Directed by Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh…

Rolling with Raquel

Once upon a time, Raquel Welch made a movie about roller derby. Was it an excuse to get in her in a pair of hot pants and tube socks? Let’s just say it didn’t win any oscars, but Raquel insisted the 1972 movie she co-produced was less about her looking like a sex symbol and…

Grace Kelly on JFK

On the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s untimely and tragic death, our thoughtful interview archivists over at Blank on Blank have put together another touching animated video interview reflecting on the president’s life and legacy. Starring the regal voice of Grace Kelly, the short clip brings us into a world where two icons meet…

15 Forgotten Things Found Inside Books

In a small town called Otega in the state of New York, there is an independent used bookshop with something very special about it. For decades, the owner of Popeks bookstore, which was passed onto Michael Popek from his father, has been collecting and cataloguing the unusual and forgotten things he finds inside the pages…

This Abandoned NYC Tram Station is likely to become the World’s First Subterranean Park

You’ve most likely heard of, or even visited New York’s High Line, the elevated linear park recycled from the city’s former central railroad. But it’s time to get to know the “Low Line”… A dark and abandoned one-acre underground space with loose wires and dampness all around– what could there possibly be here to ‘get…

I Wish These Buildings Were Photoshopped, But They’re Not

There’s a cloning tool in Photoshop that would probably be great for creating the illusion of monstrously repetitive high-rises in a mythical megacity. Unfortunately, that tool was not used in this series of images captured by German photographer Michael Wolf in Hong Kong. “Architecture of Density” is a fascinating and haunting study of the tremendous density that…

A Real-Life Wes Anderson Character

Meet Ashrita Furman. If he isn’t a real-life inspiration for a Wes Anderson character, well I don’t know who is. He was a kid who could have gone to any Ivy league college and had any job he wanted, but instead, Ashrita chose to dedicate his life to breaking records. Oh, and to being happy. Watch…

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.…