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

1. China’s Abandoned Nuclear City “404 is the name of an abandoned city in the Gansu province of northeast China, situated within the sandy plains of the Gobi desert. The city was built in 1958; it occupied an area of 4 km2 and included a factory, police station, school, and a residential area. In the 1990s,…

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

1. A picture worth well over 1000 words Let me start off by saying I’m terrified of open water. For some reason, I thought it would be a great idea to wake up at 4am, drive to the Dead Sea, and swim out to this salt island before sunrise. The distance from the beach was…

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

1. The Cruise Ship that could have been The Dornier Do X was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929. First conceived by Dr. Claude Dornier in 1924, planning started in late 1925 and after over 240,000 work-hours it was completed in June 1929. The type was popular with…

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

1. A vintage trailer, complete with a 1955 BMW Isetta micro-car The BMW Isetta became the world’s first mass-production car to achieve a fuel consumption of 3 L/100 km. It was the top-selling single-cylinder car in the world, with 161,728 units sold. Found on Vintage Camping. 2. The Man with the Golden Airline Ticket You might…

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

1. Starcourt Mall from ‘Stranger Things’ is actually a real dead mall The Verge: There’s a reason why the Starcourt Mall, the principal location for the third season of “Stranger Things” looks so real: it’s built inside of a real shopping mall. Specifically, it was built inside of Georgia’s Gwinnett Place Mall, which was built just a…

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

1. Monday Mood Dancing ladies on overhanging rock in Yosemite Park, 1890s by George Fiske. Found on Calisphere. 2. Viktoria Modesta after her burlesque show Bionic Woman at Crazy Horse, Paris Modesta was born in Latvia in 1988 where she learned singing aged six at a local music school. Due to a doctor’s negligence at her birth, Moskalova spent most…

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

1. A Village in Provence, Abandoned over a century ago The Bories Village is nestled on a low mountain in the Vaucluse region near Avignon, now classed as a historic monument, giving a priceless account of the way of life in Provence. The group of 30 stone huts, called ‘Les Cabanes’ in local parlance, include…

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

1. Possibly the Coolest Swimming Pool in the World Once a quarry in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, the deeper part of the pool’s stairs, which once served as an access road for vehicles to enter and exit the quarry, were overlaid with gunite to create an easy entrance to the pool and to close off…

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

1. Eiffel Tower Spotting on its 130th Birthday As the iron lady turns 130 this week, here is a photography project by Jasper White looking at intimate and unique views of the Eiffel Tower from the homes of Parisian residents. He has a book coming out on the project soon. 2. When the Paris Metro…

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

1. Anyone like this idea of Notre Dame’s roof as a greenhouse? As you might have heard, France announced an international competition to be held to find a replacement for the Notre Dame spire destroyed in the cathedral fire. Some of the designs making the rounds on the internet so far have been er, interesting,…