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This guy collects Do Not Disturb signs from Hotels around the World

Don’t I always say you can find absolutely anything on the internet? Well, I said it to someone recently. Anyhoo, I came across a collection of “Do Not Disturb” signs from hotels around the world and as far as hotel collectibles go, the doorknob signs seem to have gone largely unnoticed, despite being pretty interesting design-wise.…

New York’s Real-Life Handmaid’s Tale

Revivalist sects, polyamorous communes and radical experiments in communal living – America was rife with it all in the mid 19th century – but not exactly where you might expect. Forget the Bible Belt. In western New York state, so many religious revival groups seemed to be popping up in and setting it afire with…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 669)

1. Vintage ephemera from the Talking Board Historical Society Time to get your boards out. More imagery here. 2. More museums should do this A 10-millionth visitor to the Rijksmuseum of Netherlands was allowed to spend the night at Rembrandt’s painting “Night Watch” with a bottle of wine and dinner. Found on Gentleman Jungle. 3.…

Rocky Horror Picture Show in the Paris Catacombs

For our latest adventure on the Don’t be a Tourist in Paris web series, we go 30 feet beneath the city to discover the subculture  of iconic midnight movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show just in time for Halloween. Below ground, we’re in the subterranean cinema of Alexander J E Bradley a photographer, filmmaker and catacomb-dweller (aka. cataphile).…

Magical & Macabre Spell Ingredients to throw in your Cauldron this Halloween

We’re looking for a most powerful spell this year. Forget the “eye of newt” and “wool of bat” – to get in the spirit of Halloween, we’ve trawled our favourite curio corners of the net to find some alternative oddities to get our cauldrons a’ bubbling this year. In the tradition of rare and macabre…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 668)

1. A 1930s flying boat that launched mid air from another flying boat on transatlantic flights More about The Short Mayo composite by the Short Brothers found on Wikipedia. 2. Since 1970, he has created Dwelling places for an imaginary civilization of “Little People” Since 1970, Charles Simonds has created Dwelling places for an imaginary…

The Secret Code of Beauty Spots

You’re looking at a very rare portrait from 1650 depicting a Black woman and a White woman, both appearing to hold equal status, some 183 years before the abolition of slavery act. Curiously, rather than commenting on the race debate in 17th century Britain via the uncommon pairing, the anonymous artist chose to write an…

The Enchanted Cities Hiding Inside Theatres

For some lucky theatregoers, a trip to see the latest B-Movie at their local picture house also means a trip across space and time. It’s all thanks to the atmospheric movie palaces and theatres of the early 20th century, whose construction brought veritable mini-cities, from old Spanish streets to lost temples of Ancient Egypt, into…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 667)

1. Reading in Paris Dokusho no Aki: a Japanese saying that means, “Autumn is a good season to catch up on one’s reading”. A themed compilation of 1950s photographs found on Live Journal. 2. A Beautiful Collection of French Sign Designs for Inspiration Available to download from Gallica. 3. Peter Hunt’s DIY folk Art Style seen here…

Life Lessons with Momofuku: Patron Saint of Instant Noodles and Late Bloomers

Have you ever felt like you’ve started late in life? Have you ever experienced an epic failure in your professional career and felt like giving up? That you’re “past it” and it’s “too late” to make something of yourself? Meet Momofuku Ando, none other than the eccentric character who invented instant ramen with the lofty…
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