History Vintage travel guide accidentally becomes masterpiece of tourist horror fiction Ellsworth Toohey

art Why Richard Scarry chose animals over humans in his revolutionary children's books Mark Frauenfelder

books Lost sci-fi masterpieces return with stunning cover designs by cartoonist Seth Mark Frauenfelder

jewelry This literary jewelry is made from vintage books Rusty Blazenhoff

music history Czech composer's military tribute accidentally became history's most recognizable clown song Ellsworth Toohey

graphic novel "Big Jim and the White Boy" is a fascinating re-telling of Huck Finn Thom Dunn

food history Retro food horror: 1963 cookbook photo of bananas wrapped in pickled herring Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets This sleek turntable isn't your grandma's record player Boing Boing's Shop

art See how the ship gets in the bottle Popkin

Tintin Check out Porto's other cool bookstore—even if you're not a Tintin fan Bob Knetzger

upcycling Visit a marvelous maker space and creative re-use store in Tacoma Bob Knetzger

Comic Books Explore Batman's 85-year legacy in the lavish "DC: Batman Deluxe Edition" Gareth Branwyn

book reviews A new art book, "Mask Garden," reveals the psychological horror of vintage UK paperback covers Mister Dobo

Take a look, its in a book Get your "LeVar Burton says Read Banned Books" tee-shirt now! Jason Weisberger

Weird Vintage photo of a library shelf catastrophe Popkin

art This 500-page book of found images is close to its crowdfunding goal Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Yes, you can now get your hands on an Apple MacBook Pro for under $500! Boing Boing's Shop

tabletop gaming A look back at Tyranid Attack and other vintage Games Workshop board games Gareth Branwyn

Grace Jones to headline OUTLOUD Pride Music festival Elías Villoro

banana republic Abandoned Republic is a website that archives vintage Banana Republic Catalogs Jennifer Sandlin