rocketman: more on the centenary of Robert Goddard’s first launch—via Miss Cellania
take the q train: a 1987 subway trip to Coney Island captured by pre-internet vlogger Nelson Sullivan
cabbage architecture: how a bitter shrub became scores of distinct vegetables—via Quantum of Sollazzo
limehouse: reconstructing Pennyfield’s Chinatown in East London
outrageous fortune: the 1931 novel Windfall by Robert Andrews line of sight: see how far you can see plus the grandest vistas
twinkle, twinkle: a guide to identifying the planets and stars from xkcd—previously
