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dinosaur Fossil digs, jukebox doors, and turtle gardens — America's quirkiest roadside dinosaur attractions await Popkin

gadgets The Used Tire Mart Sagamihara Store contains over 100 antique working vending machines Popkin

art The mysterious case of missing art curator Barton Kestle Jennifer Sandlin

Technology Adam Smith and the 18th-century gadgets that inspired him Rob Beschizza

art The Rijksmuseum's Vermeer show is sold out. Here's one you CAN see Bob Knetzger

art Artist Tee Ken Ng's awesome zoetrope automata Popkin

happy mutants My Life on the Road: Farewell to the Chill Séamus Bellamy

new zealand There's a park in New Zealand dedicated to Riff Raff from ROCKY HORROR Thom Dunn

cams Hurricane Dorian: Live feed from the Frying Pan Tower, an oil rig off the Carolina coast Rob Beschizza

Just looking at this camera obscura makes me happy Michael Borys

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happy mutants Call for submissions for Disobedient Electronics Cory Doctorow

Japan 15 things I love about Tokyo DisneySea Richard Kaufman

art Vermeer's paintings might be 350 year-old color photographs Tim Jenison