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

1. Keith Richards riding a Horse Keith and Patti Hanson, photographed by Ken Regan, print available from the Morrison Gallery. 2. William Vanderbilt’s Abandoned Salt Water Pool On the North Shore of Long Island lies the stately home of William Kissam Vanderbilt II, known as the Eagles Nest, built between 1910 and 1936: Today, it…

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

1. Triplets get a Haircut, 1956 The Dees triplets, Megan, Christina and Katha, photographed in 1956 by Nina Leen for LIFE magazine. And here they are all grown up, modelling in the 1960s… 2. A Multi-Story VW Bus This multi-storey VW minibus comes from Berger Stadel Walsh of Basel, found on Boing Boing 3. Battery, Baghdad,…

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

1. The Last Brownstone “Construction in NYC, 1959, land being cleared for 20 story building in East 60s- still occupied brownstone is soon to go.” Changing New York photographed by Dmitri Kessel. 2. Flat Manhattan, 1883 The 1883 engraving by Captain Willard Glazier comes from his book “Peculiarities of American Cities“, found on Socks Studio.…

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

1. If Jeep had made a Hippie Bus… 1958 Jeep FC-150 Passenger Van prototype, one of only three ever built. Found on Curbside Classic. 2. Forgotten Billboard Signs Full series found on Cargo Collective 3. Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Seattle, early 1900s Found on Retronaut 4. The Brooks Brothers Needlepoint…

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

1. The Mysterious Tianzi Hotel, China I found a photograph of these giant buildings on Pinterest, labelled “The Tianzi Hotel, Beijing”. There’s very little up to date information on the internet (even in Chinese) but this account from Asia Obscura written in 2009 seems to be the best bet: An hour east of Beijing on…

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

1. A Tiny Grand Budapest Hotel (for birds) Made by the 212 Clinic 2. That time a Pilot Landed on an Uptown Street in NYC, because that’s where the bar was. Pictured on 191st Street in 1956: The remarkable drunken landings of Tommy Fitz have all but slipped into oblivion. The pilot, Thomas…

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

1. The Beverley Hills Hotel rendered in Cake And 7 other Los Angeles Landmarks Rendered in Cake found on Curbed. 2. Oscar nominees with their younger selves Full gallery found on People.com 3. A Spotters’ guide to UFOs, 1967 Found on the Bruce Sterling (Wired) Tumblr, via Boing Boing 4. Just a…

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

1. The first Harley Davidson Factory In 1903, William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson made available to the public the first production Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The bike was built to be a racer, with a 3-1/8 inch bore and 3-1/2 inch stroke. The factory in which they worked was a 10 x 15-foot wooden shed with…

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

1. The Musical Milkman From the Soibelman Archive found on This isn’t Happiness 2. India’s Toy Candy Houses that inspired by Ettore Sottass The oldest house dates back to 1941 and no doubt influenced Italian designer Ettore Sottsass after his extensive travels around India. Found on Ad Magazine. 3. North Korea’s 28…

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

1. A resort spa carved out of the Utah Desert Amangiri Resort in Utah near the Arizona border, by Aman 2. An all-bearded Baseball Team The House of David was an apocalyptic cult that formed a commune community which focused on clean, hirsute living, celibacy, and most memorably their minor league baseball team.…