Nearly 50 Years On, a Forbidden Seaside Ghost Town is about to Re-Open

Imagine a millionaire’s resort; one to rival St. Tropez, Italy’s Portofino, or Miami’s South Beach – abandoned overnight. Imagine the luxury hotels suddenly emptied of their guests and left to slowly decay, the boutiques, bars and nightclubs reclaimed by nature, sunbathers replaced by sea turtles nesting on the deserted beaches and the once vibrant holiday…

Famous Authors Are Writing Books for a Time Capsule Library None of Us Will Ever See

In the frosty forest of Nordmarka, Norway, the seeds have been quietly planted to save the future of the written word. Every year for the next 100 years, 100 famous authors have pledged to each write a novel that will remain unpublished until the 22nd Century, when they will be published as part of the…

Paris’ Dusty Diary : A Peek Inside the City’s Most Secret Library

Guarded by a fortress of medieval walls cut from thick ominous sandstone, Les Archives Nationales means business. The former humble abode to a member of the French aristocracy, today this decadent sprawling chateau houses France’s most precious documents, each securely locked behind layers of mahogany-framed, etched-glass bookshelves. Formerly bequeathed the title “Hôtel de Soubise,” the…

Pink Satin Romance at Elvis and Priscilla’s Honeymoon Hideaway

This is a mandatory visit when passing through Palm Springs. You can bounce on Elvis’ pink satin marital bed for heaven’s sake. Sleep in the damn thing if you so desire. They’ll even let you pose for photos inside his honeymoon tub…and UPDATE! It’s now for sale. In May 1967, Elvis returned from Las Vegas on…

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Wander through the Sicilian Village in a Cave, Frozen in Time

In the province of Trapani, Sicily, there’s a portal through time about eighty meters high and seventy meters deep. Nestled inside the natural opening of two mountain peaks, lies a tiny village, consisting of quaint earth-colored houses, a chapel, stables, workshops and one cobbled main street. The village “piazza” of Grotto Mangiapane is located at the mouth of the cave where…

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The Aladdin’s Cave of Vintage Adidas Found in a Dusty Old Shop in Buenos Aires

An incredible story landed in my email inbox this morning via the Guardian website. The Adidas product research team have shared their tale of how they came to discover an incredible treasure trove of vintage sneakers, stocked with countless styles thought lost forever by the sportswear brand; missing from their own archives. Piled high in dusty boxes from…

Hidden in Henry’s Room: The Secret Life of a Janitor

Here’s one that slipped past my radar: only the greatest self-taught artist of the 20th century whose work was not discovered until his landlords were cleaning out his room upon his death in 1973. No one had known that hidden behind the door of his single-room apartment at 851 Webster Ave in Chicago, the penniless…

Hidden Room Found in an Attic from WW2 is Sorta Cool, Mostly Creepy

If I ever find a hidden time capsule, there damn well better be some sort of pirate treasure inside it! But anyhoo, today we’ll be looking at a discovery courtesy of Reddit.com from a user who found a hidden room in the attic of their house in Norway, believed to have been there since World War II.…

They are the Chinese Restaurant Road Trippers

Do you get the feeling that everything on Instagram looks the same? You’re looking to find a connection; a story in that handheld device; but all you can ever seem to find is the empty equivalent of a birds eye shot of someone’s lunch? When something manages to make you feel something through that little…

1940s Chevy Dealer Re-opens to Auction off 500 Time Capsule Cars

Car collectors dream about finding a forgotten “new” classic car, discovered in a barn or warehouse somewhere, covered in dust. This is that dream, only 500 times better…. A small-town Midwestern dealership in Pierce, Nebraska sold Chevrolets to local families and first-time buyers for 50 years until it’s husband and wife team finally closed their…