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,…

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

1. That 1970s Vegas Underground Bunker Home is for sale again This time it’s listed for $18 million. Before the house became internet famous, our original article on the property from 2013 reveals that it first went on sale for just $1.7 million. 2. Parisian woman with her cat in her cannabis garden, 1910. ⁣…

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

1. Artist uses packaging materials to make ye olde garments Discover the incredible work of Suzanne Jongmans. 2. This Extraordinary Folk Art Antique French Shell Palace For Sale (Dimensions: H 45 cm x W 41 cm x D 75 cm). Asking price: €1,094.92. Found on ArtDibs. 3. The Old Decorative Signs at Jones Beach State…

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

1. The Louvre’s Pyramid Turns 30 with an Epic Optical Illusion The world-renowned street artist JR used 2,000 pieces of paper to make the museum’s iconic glass pyramid look like it it’s rising from a quarry. Follow JR on Instagram. 2. Just nature, adapting to a hostile urban environment Banyan tree roots in Hong Kong,…

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

1. Europe’s First Underwater Restaurant At the tip of Norway, beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic in Lindesnes, Under is a restaurant five and a half meters below the surface in Norway, exposing you to the wonders beneath the sea. 2. A Perfect New Life in Newfoundland, For Sale Listed at $350,000 CAD, the Pickersgill Premises on…

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

1. This Art Nouveau Sleeping Beauty in Cairo, Egypt This is an old castle was owned by Abdel Salam Khalil Pasha. It was designed by the famous Italian architect Antonio Lasciac, who designed a lot of castles in Egypt in different architectural style ranging from neo-Baroque to Art Nouveau, etc. I’d like to know more…

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

1. A Great White Shark preserved in formaldehyde in an abandoned wildlife park “Curiously, the shark—alongside the rest of the park’s non-living attractions—were left behind. Apparently interest from the curators at the Melbourne Museum also cooled, as the shark had began to badly age in its forgotten tank. So then, for the next seven years,…

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

1. Potemkin Villages: Fake towns and villages designed for police or military training The concept of the “Potemkin Village” can be traced back to Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin, a Russian field marshal and favorite of Empress Catherine the Great. Anxious to spare the grim face of the recently annexed Crimea when she was visiting in 1787,…

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

1. Vintage Roller Skate Boxes Found on Anonymous Works. Lots for sale on Etsy too (with original skates). 2. A 19th Century Tintype of an Orthopedic Shoe Found on Pinterest. 3. Couture dresses made with Vintage Maps By Elizabeth Lecourt. 4. Demonic Children in Mid-century Advertising Found on Plan 59. 5. ‘Witches’ marks’ found in…

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

1. The ridiculously dangerous sport of “Auto Polo” Automobile polo or Auto polo was a motorsport invented in the United States with rules and equipment similar to equestrian polo but using automobiles instead of horses. The “sport” which was popularised by an automobile dealer as a publicity stunt for Ford cars. …A tally of the damages…