san francisco San Francisco "Painted Lady" gets pixelated makeover Rusty Blazenhoff

Francis Cadell painting bought for $100 in thrift store fetches more than $250,000 at auction Rob Beschizza

History The best-preserved ancient human ever found had 130 melon seeds in her stomach Ellsworth Toohey

art Sheffield's Most Romantic Graffiti: The Bittersweet Love Story Behind 'I Love You Will U Marry Me' Popkin

cemetary Tiny Tombs of New Orleans: a scavenger hunt for history and art Popkin

paintings Gustav Klimt portrait, lost for a century, turns up in Vienna Rob Beschizza

art Artemizia Foundation in Bisbee, Arizona hosts a spectacular collection of contemporary, street, and graffiti art Jennifer Sandlin

san francisco Watch a puppet robot on a piano-mobile sing 'A Thousand Miles' through San Francisco Rusty Blazenhoff

Roadside Attractions Another roadside attraction: the Painted Propane Tanks of Sonoita, Arizona Jennifer Sandlin

barack obama Visiting the Obamas while they're in town Kevin Reome

horror movies The origin story of Vampira Boing Boing

art "Emoji house" paint job annoys neighbors Rob Beschizza

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

trump Trump Tower has two "privately owned public spaces" that anyone is entitled to visit Cory Doctorow

music Walt Disney Records Legacy Collection: 20 hours' worth of rarities, 12 books' worth of history Cory Doctorow

offworld This adventure game about a strange clown is absolutely brilliant Leigh Alexander

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The Art of Neil Gaiman Hayley Campbell

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing