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These Beautiful Images of Algae Were the First Photos to Illustrate Any Book

Anika Burgess January 15, 2016

Old Photographs of Blizzards Show The Eternal Misery–And Majesty–of Winter

Anika Burgess January 13, 2016

Nara Dreamland amusement park in Japan.

Photos of Japan’s Abandoned Amusement Parks, in All Their Ghostly Glory

Anika Burgess January 8, 2016

The NYPL Just Released More Than 180,000 Images. We Picked the Best of Old New York

Anika Burgess January 7, 2016

Photos Of The World's Water, Expressing Itself In Breathtaking Ways

Anika Burgess January 6, 2016

Photographing the Tiny Upstate New York Town Obsessed with UFOs

Anika Burgess December 29, 2015

Searching for the Mystery Lights of Marfa, Texas

Print shows a late Victorian die-cut trade/greeting card showing a gilded painter's palette with paints on the left and the head of a kitten

Behold These Seasonally Confused Holiday Cards from the Victorian Era

Anika Burgess December 22, 2015

Victorian Cookbooks Were Stuffed with Costumed Roosters and Sphinx Cakes

Anika Burgess December 18, 2015

Photos From The Lost Penn Station, Where Commuting Was Infinitely More Beautiful

Anika Burgess December 11, 2015

Photos of a Road Trip Home, With Pit Stops in the Abandoned Past

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Vintage Images of Canine Cosmonauts from the USSR

Anika Burgess December 8, 2015

Driftwood Sculptures from America's Largest Swamp

See the Flashcards the Stasi Used for Facial Recognition

Anika Burgess November 24, 2015

See a 400-Year-Old Book Made Entirely from Feathers

Anika Burgess November 20, 2015

9 Beautiful Portraits of Rescued Owls

Anika Burgess November 19, 2015

The History of Hazardous Clothing, in Pictures

What not to wear.

Anika Burgess November 17, 2015

Striking Vintage Photos of Houston's Early R&B Scene

Anika Burgess November 13, 2015