Abandoned Philadelphia: The Divine Lorraine Hotel
One of Philadelphia's most intriguing buildings stands at a prominent intersection on the north side of the city, a Victorian beauty that once housed wealthy residents and later served as a ...
Tag: history
Recovering Literature: Bold Classic Book Cover Redesigns
It takes a powerful book to survive decades or even centuries and stay prominently in the public eye. This pair of classics are a rarity in that respect, but like any books, one thing does change ...
Frightening Archaeological Finds: 15 Odd Human Remains
What bizarre and terrifying 'treasures' from long-gone ancient civilizations are still hidden in crypts, caves and deep within the earth? Most archaeologists may spend their days painstakingly ...
Visionary Videos: 7 Awe-Inspiring TED Talks on Architecture
Watch these videos and you will never see built environments in the same way again. Some tackle timeless questions of light, dark and color, while others address emerging technologies and the ...
Case Closed: 12 Locked Down Abandoned Police Stations
These unlocked, unloaded and unmanned abandoned police stations suggest that when the long arm of the law is crippled, the end of society must be nigh. ...
Matthew Christopher: Photographer of Abandoned Places
Some of the locations have storied histories, and others remain a mystery - photo shoots of spaces that must remain off the map to avoid disturbing delicate or dangerous ruins, or trespassing on ...
Visualization Vids: Moving Data Make Marvelous Movies
Raw data, as interesting as it may be to the scientists and analysts who use it, simply isn't very interesting (or understandable) to the rest of us. In order to get the general public truly ...
San Francisco Past & Present: Blended Images from 1906 and 2012
106 years ago, San Francisco was in ruins. The earthquake of 1906 destroyed over 80% of the city, with 30 fires that broke out as a result burning down 25,000 buildings on 490 city blocks. But ...
Faster, Higher, Stranger: 10 Tacky Olympic Souvenirs
“I went to the Olympics and all I got was this lousy... what IS that thing, anyway?” Most anyone would agree the best souvenir of a Summer or Winter Olympic Games is a medal – preferably gold ...
Games Off: Artistic Echoes of the Lost Olympic Games
Three Summer Olympic Games and two Winter Olympic Games have been canceled since Athens hosted the inaugural games of the modern Olympiad in 1896. Few visual records of these “lost Olympics” ...
