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

1. Did you hear about the Colossal 3,000-Year-Old Statue just Discovered Under a Cairo Slum? Archaeologists in Cairo believe they have uncovered parts of a temple of Pharaoh Ramses II, including an eight-metre-high statue. Experts are already calling it “one of the most important discoveries ever” that tell an ancient story of the world’s origins, and could start…

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

1. A Collection of Rare Photos of Men in the 1800s in Surprisingly Intimate Embraces In 2008, Columbia University librarian Herbert Mitchell passed away, bequeathing a trove of curios to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring daguerreotypes, tintypes and ambrotypes of men “enjoying intimate physical contact without any evident trace of the self-consciousness one might…

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

1. The Abbey Road Recording Console used by Pink Floyd is For Sale An Abbey Road Studios EMI TG12345 MK IV recording console used between 1971-1983, housed in Studio 2, the console which Pink Floyd used to record their landmark album, The Dark Side of the Moon. Also used by many other artists including: Paul…

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

1. The Gritty History of the Elk Hotel, One of Times Square’s Last Pay-By-the-Hour Hotels In February 2012, the Elk Hotel shuttered for good after nearly 90 years in business. Formerly one of the last hourly hotels in Times Square, the seedy flophouse has garnered a rather notorious reputation over the years. Of the three…

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

1. A Bank in Rock River Wyoming For Sale at $80,000 This property is listed on the National Historical Register. Would make a fabulous event centre, or a 3,250 square feet home. Tons of space inside and includes an exterior lot of 13,000 sf. The original vault is still there (also, was used in the old…

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

1. Victorian Portraits of Women Breastfeeding It may seem strange that the Victorian era with its heavily layered clothing and modesty would have not decried these photographs as obscenity, so it’s important to consider the personal meaning of a daguerreotype. These were not public images, but private mementos, folded in their metal velvet-lined cases and kept…

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

1. A Family discovers an Abandoned Brick Playhouse on their Property In 2000, Matt and Anna Jone purchased a large brick house in New Jersey. They soon discovered that they were sharing their land with a tiny little brick playhouse dating back to the 1960s, and originally built by a couple for their grandchildren… The three and a…

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

1. Sophia Loren making Pizza Found on Silver Screen Suppers 2. This Greek Cave Church, Accessible only by Water Dedicated to the Holy Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, the church is situated inside a cave at Mouzakia beach near the port of Armeni, Oia… Due to the very small size of the church, the locals…

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

1. The Lyford House being saved from demolition, 1957 Being moved by barge across Richardson Bay, Tiburon, California, December, 1957. Found on Historical Times. 2. Artist made glass boxes specifically to fit inside FedEx packaging and then shipped them. This was the result. An ongoing project by Walead Beshty via This is Colossal. 3. Street…

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

1. Inside an Old Pencil Factory The oldest pencil factory in Portugal, Viarco, photographed by Daniel Sommer found on Slanted Magazine. 2. Office girl on Rollerskates Photo by Hank Walker found in the LIFE archives 3. TV Stove Found on the Afflictor 4. In 1982, someone thought it would be a good idea to market frozen dinners…