There’s a secret world within London, behind locked doors and lost entrances. That’s according to a fascinating new book – Hidden London: Discovering the Forgotten Underground – which explores ‘a world of abandoned stations, redundant passageways, empty elevator shafts and cavernous ventilation ducts’ and reveals its discoveries using incredible photography. It claims to be the … Read more
Photographer captures fascinating images of Manhattan’s SHORTEST buildings… before they are lost forever Adam Friedberg has spent the past 15 years snapping pictures of vertically challenged buildings His pictures feature in a new photography exhibition at New York’s Center for Architecture Adam said: ‘Among downtown’s new starchitect-designed towers there exist buildings of a single story’ By … Read more
Around 10million self-taking tourists cram into Rome’s streets and around its ancient sites each year. But it wasn’t always so. These fascinating vintage pictures taken in 1956 show a far less hectic Eternal City. The black-and-white snaps were captured by photographer Allan Hailstone, from Coventry, on a trip to Rome as a schoolboy in August … Read more
The Bobs coaster, the Parachute Jump and Silver Streak: Fascinating colour pictures taken in 1948 show day trippers on Coney Island enjoying thrill rides and heatwave sunshine Coney Island was discovered by European explorers in the 1600s but remained undeveloped until the 1860s By the 1920s, with its Cyclone roller coaster, it had the reputation … Read more
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Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is worth $37billion (£28billion) and flies to 370 destinations on six continents with state-of-the-art aircraft. Truly, it’s a titan of aviation. But it started life as a crop-dusting outfit in 1924. And when it expanded to passenger transportation it used planes that could only hit 90mph, with the wind behind them. … Read more
It’s Paris – but probably not as you know it. These amazing vintage images, taken in the 1950s, show the streets of the French capital before they became packed with tourists waving selfie sticks and ‘influencers’ posing for Instagram. They were taken by photographer Allan Hailstone in the 1950s over the course of two short … Read more
The world’s first air traffic control tower was built by the UK government 100 years ago at Croydon Aerodrome, south London. And fascinating archive pictures of it – and the planes it monitored – highlight just how much the aviation industry has changed. The structure, a wooden hut, was built on the orders of the … Read more
Contiki these days operates state-of-the-art coaches (pictured) Contiki’s present-day coach fleet is state-of-the-art. The firm says: ‘Contiki’s fleet of super-sleek coaches come with the benefit of air-conditioning, reclining seats, a bathroom, a club-rivalling sound system and TVs. They’re also Euro 6 coaches, the most environmentally friendly in Europe. ‘The engines use a product called Adblue … Read more
They’re the happiest places on earth, where the magic happens and dreams come true. And what’s more, Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida are heaven for fact fans, as we highlight here, with a bumper list of fascinating insights into the parks’ renowned attractions and shows. DISNEYLAND RESORT – CALIFORNIA Disneyland in … Read more