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

1. The Mystery of the 1960s Underground Home buried in Queens, NY Held at the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, NY, the 1964-65 World’s Fair had an exhibit called “Underground World Home”, which some people believe is still sitting under the ground; a cold war era time capsule (here is the original brochure). The World’s…

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

1. Moving House in Los Angeles (1950-1970s) found on the Los Angeles Times via Retronaut. 2. Humorous Penguin Classic Matchboxes Available to buy on Etsy 3. A Real-Life Central Perk In a sixth floor of a Beijing apartment block in China, the fictional coffee shop where Friends Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe and…

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

1. A Helium Balloon Bridge French artist Olivier Grossetête used three enormous helium balloons to float a rope bridge over a lake in Tatton Park, a historic estate in north-west England. Found on Dezeen / photo by Duncan Hull 2. Totally Awesome Birdhouses All made by different artists, installed around Portland, Oregon last year.…

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…

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

1. Gulliver’s Travels Park, Japan. Gulliver’s Kingdom was a failed theme park located near Kawaguchi-machi, Yamanashi prefecture, Japan. The park opened in 1997 and typified the “bridge to nowhere” construction projects Japan’s government and banking sector championed in the 1990s. Other than its money woes, the park was also located next to Japan’s “suicide forest” –…

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

1. London Underground: Then & Now Found on imgur 2. Doctored Art Closed Zombiescape Wonder Queen We Want $ The Art of Andrez Leipzig 3. A Ghost Town for Sale with a Liquor License – $225,000 In Seneca, California: Want to buy a ghost town with a bar and liquor license?…

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

1. Princess Leia off-duty Carrie Fisher, 1983, found on Reddit 2. An Abandoned Car swallowed by Ivy found in Beijing, China In China, abandoned cars are known colloquially as “jiangshiche,” or “zombie cars.” Police tried to remove the vines, but they were so thick and thorny that it was decided the vehicle should…

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

1. Early Skype Found on Flickr 2. The Sliding Facade of an Abandoned House British designer Alex Chinneck created the installation – called From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes – by removing the facade of a detached four-storey house that had been derelict for eleven years and replacing it…

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

1. The USSR’s first aerial tramway, still going strong after nearly 60 years The mining town of Chiatura, Georgia, surrounded by steep cliffs, is criss-crossed by a network of aging Soviet-era aerial tramways that are still in use today. Full photo story found on the Atlantic, photographed by Amos Chapple 2. Hot Wheels:…

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

1. Rarely seen Celebrity portraits by influential photographer Bob Carlos Clarke “The renowned photographer won numerous awards for his advertising campaigns and was acclaimed for his photo journalism as well his sometimes controversial portraits of celebrities and rock stars. Terence Pepper, curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, called him ‘one of the great photographic…