art Students create incredible typewriter art in 1937 film "Able to tick? Tick along" Popkin

Weird Victorian floating chapel brought worship to sailors, then sank Popkin

art How William N. Jennings captured the first photograph of lightning in 1882 Popkin

art Tailor drew chalk portraits on fabric Rob Beschizza

vintage The satisfying click: Why vintage push-button light switches should make a comeback Popkin

vintage Kids in the 1940s drew their dads from memory — the results are hilariously spot-on Popkin

art Harold Fisk's stunning 1944 maps show how the Mississippi River changed course over thousands of years Popkin

Weird The erotic séances that scandalized 1920s spiritualism Popkin

photos The secret world of Victorian microphotography: shrinking images to the size of a pencil tip Popkin

Science Victorian illustration depicting effects of laughing gas makes science look like a wild party Popkin

vintage Old military plane says "screw it, I'm a restaurant now" Popkin

vintage 1890s pencil sharpener looks better and works faster than modern models Popkin

art Vaguely surreal 1896 illustrations of ventilation systems Popkin

animation Exploring the early clay animations of Joseph Sunn Popkin

art Antique 'Specimens of Fancy Turning': Geometric designs from Edward J. Woolsey's 1869 albumen silver prints Popkin

photography Early 20th-century photos show fishermen from the fishes' perspective Popkin

fun Once upon a time, there was a cave-themed restaurant in Florida Popkin

animation Need a break from the hellscape? Watch this 1963 film about a glass marble Popkin

art The playful and spooky puppets of Paul Klee Popkin