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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLVII)

1. Diaolou — multi-storey defensive watchtowers of China Found in rural Guangdong, generally made of reinforced concrete, diaolou structures are one of the most spectacular and eclectic examples of fusion between Chinese and Western architecture. Found on Urban Foxxxx via This isn’t Happiness. 2. A Secret garden of mini Italian buildings to be conserved Off…

An Insider Peep into Tokyo’s Secretive Red Light District: Then & Now

Watanabe Katsumi was the king of treading lightly. As a drifting photographer, his lens was a stealthy observer of Tokyo’s red light district, snapping hundreds of photos of its drag queens, gangsters, prostitutes, and other fringe society members in the 1960s and 70s. Few dared enter the underbelly of the city like him and the…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLVI)

1. Wanted: Caretaker to look after uninhabited Scottish island A remote and uninhabited Scottish island near Ullapool with no full-time residents is looking for a resident caretaker to keep the island in shape for visitors this summer. Isle Martin has two beaches, just three properties to stay and in the summer, a micro museum (in…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLV)

1. Julie d’Aubigny, a French bisexual opera-singing sword fighter Julie d’Aubigny, aka “La Maupin” led a life so wild – complete with duels, grave-robbing and burning convents – that she had to be pardoned by the king not once, but twice. Known as one of history’s greatest rascals, she performed regularly with the Opéra, first singing as a soprano, and…

Shoot & Stay: Turn your Vacation into a Photoshoot

While the rest of us might go straight to AirBnB as soon as we schedule our vacation days in search of accommodation, there’s a well-kept little secret of industry insiders that you might not have considered… JJ Locations is a boutique location agency based out of Shoreditch, London, that scouts some of the most interesting,…

The Curious Youtubers Building Fantasy Pools and Secret Temples By Hand

Youtube can be a weird and wonderful place. Let’s see, there’s the Oposom lady (the undisputed queen of Youtube in our opinion), the folk singing Kardashians of Eastern Europe and a guy who takes us around dead malls and motels on our lunch break – although perhaps you’d be more into watching Italian grandmothers making…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLIV)

1. Aerial photographs of 1960s communal dining areas in Singapore’s social housing A series by local creative Jonathan Tan found on Creative Boom. 2. For 2,000 years, the waters of the Euphrates have washed over these Roman mosaics in Zeugma, Turkey When plans for new dams on the Euphrates meant that much of Zeugma would be…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLIII)

1. Bill Gates’ Mugshot In 1977 Bill Gates was arrested for driving without a license and not stopping at a stop sign. Found on Reddit. 2. This Perfect Little Cottage for Rent in the French Alps Found on Airbnb. 3. Documenting the toilets of the Alps A new book by Marco Volken. Found via Present…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLII)

1. This used to be the richest silver mine in the world Silver Islet refers to both a small rocky island and a small community located at the tip of the Sibley Peninsula in northwestern Ontario, Canada. A rich vein of pure silver was discovered on this small island in 1868 by the Montreal Mining Company. The islet…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLII)

1. Paris Dead Ends Paris has over 600 dead end streets. Photographer Karin Borghouts began photographing the pedestrian streets of Paris in 2011. Her Paris Impasse photo book shows more than 200 dead ends, from the 1st to the 20th arrondissements. The photos offer a view of Paris that is normally not noticed. Found via…
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