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

1. Ads on Wheels At one point in the history of Italian advertisement, huge cutouts in the shape of bottles and canned meat started appearing on car roofs; there were shoes and tubes of toothpaste, odd torpedoes, and sharks. They were the “advertisement vehicles” that invaded Italian streets in the 1950s and 1960s, to promote…

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

1. Having a BBQ on top of a moving Submarine Redditor shanbuscus found a photo of his dad on top of HMAS Onslow, a diesel submarine operated by Australia’s navy from 1968 to 1999. The boat is now on display and open to visitors at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney. Found on Reddit …

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

1. This Sauna Spreading over 800 square feet, rising from a prehistoric large-scale rock formation on a private island along the Georgian Bay in Canada. The free-standing sauna was designed for a private client by PARTISANS. Found on Fresh Homes 2. A Forgotten Queen Anne, waiting to be Saved Built by a young sailor in 1894 where he lived…

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

1. A Letterpress Shop in Milan Cartoleria e Tipografia dei Fratelli Bonvini, since 1909, photographed by Luca Del Pia, found on Italian Ways 2. Violin Inception Found on So Bad So Good’s Facebook. 3. Tuffi, the baby Elephant who Fell out of a Floating Railway “In 1950, in an attempt to promote…

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

1. This “Swimming” Resort in Bali Now imagine the maid service swimming around with a cart and vacuum cleaner. Found on Villa Seminyak, Bali 2. Beach Chairs of the German Riviera Beach chairs on the North Sea, Germany, known as Strandkörbe’, typical particularly of the island of Sylt. You can buy your own for a little over…

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

1. This swimming pool If you own the book by Kelly Klein, Pools, can you help find out more about the location & status of the place? More incredible pools from the book found here. 2. The Mysterious Private Island Home off the Coast of New York City “A squat, one-story structure on its own…

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

1. The Croft Mobile Pub “In December 1984 Bedford OB HWW 642 was resident on a housing estate in Brixton with the majority of the bodywork removed and replaced with The Croft Inn, a mobile pub…” From the last person to apparently see the Croft Inn: “This creation was quite bizarre. The effect this must have…

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

1. The Cliff House Boasting the best views in San Francisco, this seven story Victorian mansion built in 1896 by Adolph Sutro, survived the 1906 earthquake but was destroyed by fire 1907, eleven years after being built. Four different variations of the Cliff House have now stood on the cliffs overlooking Seal Rocks, and it has held restaurants, dance halls, gift…

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

1. Airbnb sent a 70-tonne, two bedroom floating house down the Thames Designed by Steve and Nick Tidball, creative directors of the TBWA agency, it includes two bedrooms, a working bathroom and a garden with real grass and an apple tree. It will meander up and down the river throughout the week, hosting various events and…

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

1. Damage to the Empire State Building from a Plane Collision 1945 Found on Retro Vintage Photography. 2. The Bus Stops of Belarus “All these paintings on the Belorussian bus stops are made through local authorities by unknown ‘artists’ with the only purpose to beautify empty lanscapes.” Photographed by Alexandra Soldatova found via This is…