The Dazzling Designs for a New York That Never Existed
(via Atlas Obscura) Architect Raymond Hood, once described as a “brilliant bad boy,” is celebrated for designing the Rockefeller Center, the
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Giant Flip Books Are Hiding in the Woods of New Hampshire
(via Wired) Tucked away in the forests of New Hampshire, somewhere just outside of Strafford, is a family of giant
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7 of the Longest U.S. Interstates
(via Popular Mechanics) Seattle to Boston. San Francisco to Teaneck, New Jersey. Even Miami to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The
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The World’s Longest Cruise Hits All 7 Continents in 357 Days
(via mental_floss) The world’s longest cruise is the ultimate addition to your travel bucket list. The new “World of Travel”
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The Surprising Genius Of The “I Voted” Sticker
(via Fast Co.) The “I Voted!” sticker might not seem like much. It’s silly, a holdover from a simpler time
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How America Got its Time Zones
(via Jstor.com) In Boston, the winter brings sunsets as early as 4 pm, irritating residents who barely see the sun
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How a Printer Kept the Art of the Album Cover Alive
(via Collectors Weekly) While most of the buzz about the resurgence of vinyl records has focused on the skyrocketing sales
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Inside the ‘Wire Center’ That Connected Manhattan to the World
(via Wired) Back in the days when people used landline telephones strung together with copper wire, most calls into lower Manhattan passed
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15 Halloween Costumes From the 1970s
(via mental_floss) Photographer Larry Racioppo captured a variety of children’s costumes as they roamed the streets in the mid-’70s. The
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How Do Mathematicians Cut Cake?
(via Priceconomics) What’s the best way to cut a cake? Unless you’re a professional wedding planner, you probably haven’t given
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The First Mass Produced and Best-Selling Chair in the World
(via The Vintage News) The chair that you have definitely seen gazillion times and mostly likely reminds us to a nice
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The Lost Drawings Of An Artist Who Spent His Life In A Lunatic Asylum
(via Fast Co. Design) James Edward Deeds Jr. was destined to be a completely unknown artist.Declared insane in 1936 at
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