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…

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

1. The Brighton Dandies Formed in 1861, the fanciful lads featured above comprise the Brighton Swimming Club, the United Kingdom’s oldest club of its kind. Swimming enthusiasts though they were, they were also gentlemen…hence the top hats. Photograph found here from Floating Memories archives 2. The 1939 Pontiac Plexiglass Ghost Car “Released at the General Motors Highways…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol XXII)

1. Oreo Pancakes Entirely vegan recipe found on the Minimalist Baker 2. Then & Now Gifs Find more here 3. Italian Balconies Photographed in Jesolo Beach, Venice by Luigi Bonaventure 4. The Real Starbucks Lady (At the Met in New York) Found on Imgur. 5. The first spray on clothes…

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

1. Spotted! Mona Lisa at the Louvre (waiting for the bus) (c) Clémentine Mélois via here 2. An art gallery filled with pink balloons by Martin Creed 3. A Retro TV Memo holder Shop here 4. Five Generations of Batman via here 5. Vans I ♥ NY sneakers Available from April 19th…

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

1. The River House This magical little place is a Derwish monastery or Tekke on the Buna river, 10 kilometers from the southern Bosnian town of Mostar. It was built by derwishes of the Bektashi order around 1470, under the Ottoman empire influence. Over the centuries ownerships changed from one order to the next. Here, you can…