Oscars Hall, Oslo, Norway

In the mid-19th century King Oscar I had the pleasure palace of Oscarshall built on rising ground above the innermost arm of the Oslo Fjord. Since 1863 it has been at the King’s disposal. Oscarshall is regarded as Norway’s neo-Gothic showpiece and a monument to mid-19th century Norwegian art. Terraces with fountains at different levels [...]

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The Best Laid Plans Of Mice And Men

I’ve seen a crazy if not downright stupid plan or two in my life, but this one easily beat them all both when it comes to lack of respect for ancient history and human lives – Ted Article from Modern Mechanix fount at “blog.modernmechanix.com”

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Berlin In The Year Of The Olympic Games (1936)

German complete colour documentary from 1936. An outstanding portrait of everyday life in Berlin in this rare, well preserved film – Video found at “RetroYouTube”

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Ant Farm’s House Of The Century

Ant Farm was an avant-garde architecture, graphic arts, and environmental design practice, founded in San Francisco in 1968 by Chip Lord and Doug Michels. The group The name was given to them by a friend to whom they had described what they were doing as “underground architecture,” taking the name literally she responded, “oh underground [...]

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A Blog About Outhouses

There are blogs about so many different things, so why not outhouses. Here in Scandinavia we still have a lot of them on old farms, summer cottages and so on. I built one my self just a few years ago. So if you find this interesting you’ll find a lot of them at “Dass Spotting”

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