How a Lost English Castle is Coming Back from its Hopeless Ruin
How to save a ruin? It’s a question that’s been on my mind lately since…
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Take Home a Piece of the Paris Love-Locked Bridges
When the decision was made last year in Paris to remove all those thousands of…
Did Jayne Mansfield Fake her Own Shipwreck?
One of Hollywood’s favourite sex symbols of the 20th century, Jayne Mansfield was as notorious for…
There’s Something about Russia
I remember when I first saw one of Frank Herfort’s photographs and thought it looked like…
The Hermès Secret Garden on a Paris Rooftop
High above the grand boutique windows of number 24 rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré, where Charles-Émile Hermès relocated his…
The French Fartist who Headlined at the Moulin Rouge
I can imagine the Moulin Rouge had some pretty exotic acts in its heyday, but…
How to Crash a Party at the Communist HQ in Paris
In my ongoing effort to prove that us Parisians aren’t forever sitting around red-chequered table cloths wearing…
Any Takers on this Historic Brothel For Sale?
I‘m always on the hunt for the most unusual properties on the market. We’ve found…
One of Canada’s Biggest Tourist Attractions Was a Set of Quintuplets
When Yvonne, Annette, Cecile, Emilie and Marie Dionne were born in a rural Ontario house…
This Italian Prison has its own Designer Restaurant
When you are looking for somewhere to go out for dinner a prison probably isn’t…
Stop Everything and Check out these Tiny Hand-painted Wes Anderson Sets
When I come across anything Wes Anderson related, I really do just stop everything and…
The Underappreciated Art of Imaginary Wastelands
It’s my party and I’ll geek out if I want to and today I dove…