Sunday Links

22 New Species Declared Officially Extinct in the US, among them the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker (above)

A woodworker makes an exact replica of an ancient Theban lattice stool he found on the British Museum’s website and takes us step-by-step through the painstaking process. (via MetaFilter)

The Thing on the Fourble Board (1948)  is widely regarded as one of the scariest radio programs ever broadcast. (via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese)

This week's house envy is Frank Lloyd Wright’s Harper House in St. Joseph, Michigan. 

15 pieces of art on the Moscow subway system.

For eight years, a man without a memory lived among strangers at a hospital in Mississippi. But was recovering his identity the happy ending he was looking for?Searching for Mr. X  (Thanks Bruce!)

Something to soothe you: An Hour of the World's Most Beautiful Classical Guitar

Caravanserai were the staging posts of the desert and also served as ancient shopping malls. Great photos.

This is a sad part of Canada's history that I did not know: Park Prisoners Few Canadians realize that much of our parks system was built with forced labour — prisoners of war, enemy aliens, conscientious objectors, and an army of jobless men. (Thanks Alan)

 A heat map of superyachts

Do you like haunted houses? 'The Conjuring' house in Rhode Island has come on the market just in time for Halloween.

X-Ray Technology Reveals Marie Antoinette's Censored Secret Correspondence

How long eggs, butter, ketchup and avocados can be kept out of the refrigerator.  You're welcome.

Kengo Kuma'sV&A Building in Dundee 

High Heel Shoes - A lovely breezy song by Christine Lavin (via Memo of the Air)

In 1856, nineteen-year-old Londoner William Perkin was trying to synthesize quinine from coal tar. Instead he accidentally invented the colour mauve.

 Documenting the last pay phones in America

I nearly set my house on fire trying to make the lightning mushroom from ‘Ratatouille’  Disney Made Me Do It

 Fantastical Tiki Tatsu-Ya Bar in Austin

I live in a tourist town and after busy weekends the streets are littered with disposable face masks that contain a lot of plastic. The Brothers Make show how they recycled used PPEs into a park bench. (via The Awesomer)

Miniature Stone Walling Festival (Thanks Bruce!)

The late Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda  was known for making statements through songs – like the 11 tracks on his 2005 album We Shall Fight HIV/AIDS. Now the long-lost album has been found 

And lastly here's a piece of advice you'll thank me for: Don't replace alcohol with metal