The Amphibious Car that Lives on the Seine in Paris
The shiny red vintage car that sits proudly on the back of a houseboat in…
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An Ode to Vintage Book Design
You may or may not be aware that I’m coming out with a book in…
Italian Summer Nostalgia with the Original Talented Mr. Ripley
If you didn’t grow up with French films, there are some real gems to be…
Who wants to Help Build the Largest Art Car in Burning Man History?
Who wouldn’t want to ride into America’s largest occult festival on the biggest, baddest float in town?…
“Girl Watching” in Paris
I stumbled upon something pretty peculiar today. This is an excerpt from a 1959 issue…
Inside the 150 Year-Old Skeleton of an Unfinished Octagonal Palace
She’s a beauty isn’t she? Pictured here after she was abandoned in the 1930s by…
The Ultimate Gypsy Wonderland Motel
Paradise comes in many shapes and forms for different people, but give us a country…
Patrick Swayze’s Dirty Dancing Leather Jacket is For Sale (and a few other weird things)
I‘m pretty certain that even today, if I watched Dirty Dancing for the hundredth-and-something time,…
Journey to the Centre of the Earth in a Rubber Dinghy
Deep beneath the earth’s surface, in mountain tunnels, Antarctic ice, and abandoned zinc and gold…
Rolling with Raquel
Once upon a time, Raquel Welch made a movie about roller derby. Was it an…
The Secret NYC Art Gallery in a Forgotten Subway Station
Only a few people in the world will ever get to say they’ve seen this…
The Laundromat Social Club
I can’t be the only one that has a “thing“ for laundromats. They’re a tough…