Sagas of Icelanders

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Warning Signs – a set on Flickr

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Far in the distance is part of the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy, taken with a long duration exposure. Much closer, the planet Jupiter is visible as the bright point just to band’s left. Closer still are picturesque buttes and mesas of the Canyonlands National Park in Utah, [...]

Tags: Canyonlands National Park, Milky Way Galaxy

Shorpy :: History in HD: February 9, 1916. “Mountain Chief of Piegan Blackfeet making phonographic record at Smithsonian.” The interviewer is ethnologist Frances Densmore. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

Plaques d’égout

Chemins de St. Jacques de Compostelle: The Way of St. James, or St. James’s Way, is the pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where legend has it that the remains of the apostle Saint James the Great are buried. Santiago de Compostela: One etymology for the name “Compostela” [...]

Kongelige Bibliotek (Danish Royal Library): “The French-burgundian parchment manuscript, Chansons d’Amour — also known as The Copenhagen Chansonnier — was produced in the late 15th century.” (Via Bibliodyssey.)

bibliodyssey: “I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men”[Sir Isaac Newton, after losing a fortune (£20,000) in the bubble]

ratcreature

Warren Magazine Collection: CREEPY, EERIE, VAMPIRELLA

Scandolls

Hemeroteca Digital