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Cabinet of Chic Curiosities
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The Flickering Portal to a Forgotten World of Personal Screens
Published: September 6, 2024 12:09
It appears we’ve come full circle. Picture a time before smartphones, Youtube, Tik Tok, streaming services, or even the modern movie theater as we know it — a time when a few moments of visual entertainment involved peeking into a mysterious, boxy machine…
Mostly, this Secret Masonic Order Just Wants to Have Fun
https://www.messynessychic.com/2024/09/06/mostly-this-secret-masonic-order-just-wants-to-have-fun/
Published: September 6, 2024 10:17
We do love a good plunge into worlds apart – filled with secret society conspiracies and folks living off-grid or on the fringes of society. The latest curious collective to pique my interest is perhaps the quirkiest of masonic orders, called “The…
13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 708)
https://www.messynessychic.com/2024/09/02/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-708/
Published: September 2, 2024 14:42
1. This excellent Twitter (X) thread about a labyrinthine magical bookstore in Syracuse, NY And then a hero of the labyrinthine magical bookstores of the world put all the bookstores that people listed in the replies on a map! Link to the first tweet in…
Name that Aesthetic: The Romance and Ruins of Lost Civilizations
Published: August 30, 2024 01:56
If it took you this long to identify one of the most epic genres of art history, welcome to the club. We must have skipped class that day. The aesthetic: a lost civilization – its crumbling and vaguely familiar architectural forms dramatically lit by a…
Lake Maggiore’s Treasure Island of Marionettes
https://www.messynessychic.com/2024/08/26/lake-maggiores-treasure-island-of-marionettes/
Published: August 26, 2024 14:26
On the serene waters of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, nestled among the Borromean Islands, lies Isola Bella, a place where history, art, and nature converge. While the island is renowned for its opulent Baroque palace and terraced gardens – including…
13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 707)
https://www.messynessychic.com/2024/08/26/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-707/
Published: August 26, 2024 12:49
1. A new hotel in Rome designed by Luca Guadagnino, director of Call Me By Your Name The Palazzo Talìa is 26 rooms and the Challengers director designed its public spaces and one of its suites. Book it here. Found via Will O’Connor on X.
13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 706)
https://www.messynessychic.com/2024/07/29/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-706/
Published: July 29, 2024 08:24
1. The marbelised “Literatur” passageway in the Museumsquartier in Vienna Free to wander through, the mural (painted by Austrian artist Johanna Kandl) is inspired by the marbled endpapers used in Baroque book production. The vending machine dispenses…
The Ancient (and very Naked) Olympics
https://www.messynessychic.com/2024/07/26/the-ancient-and-very-naked-olympics/
Published: July 26, 2024 10:03
The original Olympic games got cancelled for 1500 years because … well … everyone was naked. The Ancient Greek Olympic Games, held from 776 BC to 393 AD, so that’s nearly 10 times longer than the modern Olympics have been running (since 1896), were…
13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 705)
https://www.messynessychic.com/2024/07/22/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-705/
Published: July 22, 2024 12:53
1. The oldest functioning planetarium in the world Hidden behind a pocket-sized door in a doll’s house-like building in the sleepy Dutch town of Franeker is a room so unique that even a King was star-struck. Explore the extraordinary world created by wool…
13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 704)
https://www.messynessychic.com/2024/07/15/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-704/
Published: July 15, 2024 10:01
1. For sale: the only private island in the San Francisco Bay Red Rock Island was a site for manganese mining, and abandoned mining tunnels still exist, along with the coast guard’s old fog bell. Otherwise, the private island is undeveloped.