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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 778)
Read this week’s edition: 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 778)1. A pink 18th century bastide above Cassis waiting to be restored One can dream . Five bedrooms;…
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Welcome to the Cabinet
Part shop, part Parisian secret hideaway where stories come to life— Messy Nessy’s Cabinet is a home for the curious. What began as Nessy’s personal blog – a cult online wunderkrammer and editorial vault of inspiration – now keeps a real address in Paris, where the stories, ideas and curiosities have walls, shelves, and an open door.
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Never thought of it like that: Versailles, a Giant Nightmarish Hotel
The Palace of Versailles, famously opulent and vast, is often celebrated for its architectural grandeur… Read More
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Let’s Entertain the Theory of the Tartarian Empire for a Moment
What do you mean you’ve never heard of the lost civilization of Great Tartaria? It’s… Read More
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Portraits Found in the Attic: Black Women in the Gilded Age
There is a sizeable gap in the documentation of Black American history. So often, what… Read More
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Wild Card Destination du Jour: Southern Indiana’s Failed Utopia
What put Southern Indiana on our radar? Mysterious utopian experiments and end-of-the-world 19th century religious… Read More
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New York’s Real-Life Handmaid’s Tale
Revivalist sects, polyamorous communes and radical experiments in communal living – America was rife with… Read More
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Ode to the Monobloc Chair
One of the ultimate icons of modernity and mass production must be the famously infamous… Read More
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