Sunday Links

Image Credit: Yuya Miki.

 A tea room for one in Kyoto's mountains: "This small pavilion is a homage to the emotions expressed by shapes of strangeness.”(Image above)

The Old, Old, Very Old Man Tom Parr was relatively healthy for being 152 until a visit to noxious, polluted London in 1635 cut his long life short.

Thule Snow Goggles

This bubblegum pink concept Mercedes-Benz by Gustaf Westman is straight out of Barbie World. It’s perfect for glamping with a pull-out picnic table at its back and a dome-shaped tent attached to the roof.

The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the Liverpool Central Library form a mysterious code that, when deciphered, reveals the name of a specific item located within the library's holdings.

Surrealist Compliment Generator 

They don't need a warrant A disturbing report on a federal kidnapping in Worcester Massachusetts. 

This is where the V&A stores its stuff 

Knock knock who’s there? Container. Container who? Container ship.

You can buy Napoleon Bonaparte’s Bicorne Hat at auction.

An octagonal house built around a redwood tree

Only Canada has a lake on an island in a lake on an island in a lake. Link

The Short Story Project gathers and selects short stories from all over the world, and makes them accessible in multiple languages and audio. 

This mini replica of the original Apple Mac is adorable. The Pico-mac-nano stands 2.4 inches tall and features a 2-inch, 480x640-pixel LCD screen.

Travel has been the heart of Tony Wheeler’s life for many decades but there are places he will not visit anymore.

This made me laugh: Footlong