forum gallorum: step into this unassuming salon to inspect a piece of Roman London, reminiscent of discovering this shopping mall in Mainz—via Nag on the Lake
shred, white and blue: the totally normal and perfectly legal ways the White House handled official records
neft daşları: a decaying offshore oil platform in the middle of the Caspian Sea
the thoughtful spot: the Phrontistery (φροντιστήριον, Greek for the thinking place) catalogues a treasury of rare and obscure words—via Kottke
gumshoe: the bygone era of the hotel detective—via Strange Company’s Weekend Link Dump
be mine: the Lupercalia and the origins of Saint Valentine