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1. The Hidden Pirate Tower in Laguna Beach In 1926 a senator from Los Angeles, William E. Brown, bought the property and built the tower to provide his family access to the beach. A (now rusted) spiral staircase leads from the cliffs above, down through the tower, and to the beach below. The de

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In a re-discovered 1940s guide for how male bosses should treat female employees, men were amusingly told that “women are teachable.” The gu...

1. This delightful collector of tiny things Jane Housham is a collector, sorter, cutter-outer, writer, artist. 2. This charming 1950s menu When French restaurateur Andre Frelier and his wife Yvonne opened L’Omelette bistro in 1932, it quickly bec

Doppelgängers are just fascinating, celebrity or not. And there's always that question: how is it possible? How can two people who are not genetically related look nearly like twins? But I suppose the question we should really be asking ourselves is: on a planet of seven billion people, how can some

1. This Sunken 200 year-old Swedish Cabin (for rent on Airbnb) In the early 1800s a man named Little Jon lived in this so called earth cabin (swe. ‘backstuga’) ... In Sweden earthen cabins was common in the forests from the 1600s until the late 1800s and was inhabited by poor, old or sometimes

Messy Nessy Chic uncovers the Pearly Kings and Queens, an English style subculture, with their colorful feathered hats and hand-sewn pearl button suits

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 literature written by young Austrian write

1. An Artist's Utopian Vision from the Early 1900s Wenzel Hablik (1881) was a painter, graphic artist, architect, designer, and craftsman from Bohemia of the early twentieth century, associated with German Expressionism. At the age of six, he found a specimen o

In celebration of the release of MessyNessyChic's first book, "Don't be a Tourist in Paris", I'm dedicating today's 13 Things to the city that inspired it all. 1. A French beekeeper makes Honey wine in the Paris catacombs Mead, sometimes known as honey wine, is a mix of water and honey that, like