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Misconceptions about the nature of the geisha profession have been allowed to spread throughout history largely unchecked, and the geisha world has remained to this day a very private, elite world, shrouded in mystery. These vintage postcards of ‘bathing’ geisha and maiko (apprentice geisha) taken from the Meiji (1868–1912) and Taisho (1912–1926) eras of old [...]
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is probably one of the most fascinating places on Earth, mostly because we know so little about what really goes on over there. What we do know is only what they want to show us. I’ve come across these rare archives of retro postcards and what looks like tourist [...]
Welcome to Niaqornat, Northwest Greenland. Population: 59. Dogs outnumber people in this surreal
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People choose to live in some pretty baffling places, like those towns sitting at the base of
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The garden state; where gas prices are cheaper and boardwalks are longer, and also where Napoleon
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“It’s not a symbol of harassment. It’s a symbol of a woman having an absolutely
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Sawn in half with a chainsaw, wheeled down the streets of San Francisco, stuck on a barge at Marina
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Late night shopping in Milan, a stroll down a Croatian beach or a romantic dinner in Venice? Those
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1. A Storybook Tower by Friedensreich Hundertwasser AFP/ Timm Schamberger This might look like it
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Yep, it’s that time again for me to open up my bag of treasures from the depths of the
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While we might rely on passenger trains to get us to work everyday, in Cambodia people are lucky to
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You might have heard of the cupcake vending machine in Los Angeles, but did you know Paris has
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Now let’s just get something straight. If you want a train in your basement, you’ll
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Misconceptions about the nature of the geisha profession have been allowed to spread throughout
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1. French actor, Gerard Depardieu used to look very, very different. Here he is with Robert DeNiro
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