1. This Troglodyte House for Sale in France
The valley, south of Tours, is classified as a Natural Area of Ecological Interest for Flora and Fauna (known as ZNIEFF for Zone Naturelle d’Intérêt Ecologique, Faunistique et Floristique). Six kilometres long, it constitutes a reserve with an outstanding diversity. Occupied since the Prehistoric era, it still features numerous mills, wash-houses, lime kilns and troglodyte dwellings. Places full of poetry, concealed in the meanders of a stream. The valley is but a few minutes from one of the most beautiful villages in France and 30 minutes from Tours.
This house, now semi-troglodyte, was most certainly originally composed of simple caves hewn in the rock which were gradually transformed into a dwelling. Backing on to the hillside, the house is composed of two facades constructed from freestone as well as caves, interconnected with one another to give a good-sized, functional home. Terraces and the garden are laid out in front facing the valley. Another promontory terrace has been installed on the hill, looking down on to the house.
Asking 430 000 €, for sale on Patrice Besse.
2. If you have stairs, this might be your next crazy DIY project:
Inspiration found here.
3. The Quilters
4. David Lynch’s estate is going up for auction
Need I say more? Fans and collectors, run, don’t walk, to Julien’s Auctions site.
5. Bruce Lee’s Workout routine circa 1965
Found on Reddit.
6. This Jules Verne-inspired carrousel in Segovia, Spain
The carrousel comes from Nantes originally (aka the city where they make machines from Jules Verne’s dreames).
7. An archive of tactile pictures for the blind circa 1902
Created by Martin Kunz, Director of the Illzach School near Mulhouse, France. Dates range from 1884-1902. You can browse through the collection on Flickr.
8. A Catalogue for Glasshouses, circa 1901
Found here.
9. These incredible micro mosaic rings
10. Something to inspired White Lotus’ next Opening Credits? Bernard Sleigh’s Anciente Mappe of Fairyland (ca. 1920)
Look at it up close here. Found via The Public Domain Review.
11. Edward Hopper in Paris
Unbeknownst to many, Hopper moved to Paris in October 1906 where he found a room in a widow’s apartment at 48 Rue de Lille in the seventh arrondissement. These are a few of his works from his French years, which have had little public exposure.
Hopper worked outdoors just like the Impressionists. He wandered along the riverbanks, lost himself in the Latin Quarter, and sketched women wearing crinoline dresses, men in top hats, prostitutes and their pimps in the cafés around Belleville, soldiers standing to attention, caped police officers, laborers playing cards, and boatmen on the Seine.
The painter visited France three times between 1906 and 1910. However, his Parisian works — some forty oil paintings, around thirty watercolors, and a wealth of sketches — were denigrated by American critics. National art was the flavor of the day, and Hopper was shouted down for his foreign influences. It was in this context that he claimed, “Paris had no great or immediate impact on me.”
Found on France-Amerique.
12. People in a 1920s Berlin Nightclub Flirting via Pneumatic Tubes
“It was the Tinder of the early 20th century.”
Two nightclubs in particular—the Resi and the Femina—pioneered the trend. At the Resi (also called the Residenz-Casino), a large nightclub with a live band and a dance floor that held 1,000 people, an elaborate system of table phones and pneumatic tubes allowed for anonymous, late-night flirtation between complete strangers.
Full article found on Atlas Obscura.
13. Vintage bus passes from the 1930’s & 1940’s
Found on Pinterest.