What did the Canadian "priestesses of love" of the 40s of the 20th century look like

Today, Montreal is one of the largest cities in Canada, invariably occupying a leading position in the ratings of the most comfortable cities in the world for life. Moreover, it is often called the center of culture and design, and you can talk about the great and pure love of tourists for this wonderful place for a very long time. But Montreal did not always provoke such pleasant and decent associations. ...
  • Australia: Deadly Continent

    If you hear the statement that every animal in Australia wants to kill you, do not immediately consider it too loud and too exaggerated. Perhaps there is still some truth in this. If everyone traveling, for example, to Africa is aware of the dangers that may lie in wait for him: lions, hippos, bored Masai warriors, etc. ...
  • The artist made illustrations for the tale of Pinocchio, from which goose bumps

    The Italian Roberto Innocenti is a man who has proved to all of us that illustrations for a children's fairy tale can also be art. He became famous as one of the most brilliant illustrators of our time, becoming the author of truly outstanding works. One of his most outstanding projects, thanks to which the name Innocenti is forever inscribed in history, has become a series of drawings made by him for the legendary fairy tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio". ...
  • How to Travel to the Rio Olympics Cheap

    The Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is an unusually spectacular event. It will take place in August, and according to various estimates this year, more than 500 thousand tourists from different countries will visit it. In order to save money, many city guests choose inexpensive hostels located in more than a thousand slums. Take a walk through some of them and see what they are like. ...
  • Amazing food prices in a Prague supermarket

    - In Europe, everything is wildly expensive, but with the current course it’s completely ... ah, - I see such comments in every travel post about Europe. Want to be honest? In many ways, you are very deeply mistaken. Although I understand why, because most people talk from the couch, having no idea what and how much it costs in Europe. Just the default in Europe is getting worse and the point. ...
  • Northern Russia: the life of reindeer herders in the tundra

    Russia, Nenets tundra. The girl Mariana is 9 years old. Her peers, townspeople are already versed in cosmetic trends, flipping through the glamorous instagram ribbons, and Mariana skillfully manages a reindeer team across the vast expanses of the Nenets tundra. Very soon, a week later, she will board a school helicopter and go to a boarding school until spring, and while she is in a plague, where life does not stand still, where the place on the map is only tied to a variable gps position that only a helicopter pilot knows , with whom we went to visit Mariana. ...
  • Walking in non-tourist places of Larnaca

    Having shown you the ordinary Larnaca that everyone who comes here sees, do not forget that there is still a completely different city where real Cypriots live, measured and leisurely doing their business. And the tourists who went a little further Makenzi Beach, look with some surprise ... That day we just became the object of this surprise, when after a walk to the church of St. Lazarus decided to turn to where the tourist from the hotel rarely looks or does not look at all. ...
  • Dhaka

    Few people think about spending a vacation in Bangladesh. For me, Bangladesh has always been both an attractive and scary place. Attractive because it is only here throughout the country that people speak Bengali (in the language I taught). It’s scary because there are a lot of rumors about the religious component of the country, because there are a lot of rules that are difficult to follow, and because it is simply dangerous in Bangladesh. ...
  • Tekie Blagai - what a spa hotel looks like for wandering tramps and homeless philosophers

    The current hotel business is almost unthinkable without SPA-services. Water relaxing treatments in a compartment with the maximum level of room comfort - such a pastime is ideal for many. Today, the word SPA itself is associated with wealth and respect. Few can imagine that the prototypes of today's spa hotels can be called Muslim tekis or tekke. ...
  • People from around the world have shown what and how much they eat per day.

    Photographer Peter Menzel occupies an unusual niche in his rather ordinary profession: he explores the social sphere. Menzel takes a fascinating and very interesting series of shots about how people live in different countries of the world, about their way of life, level of income, their diet, etc. Today we suggest you look at a selection of photos about everyday food of residents of different corners of the Earth. ...
  • In the Netherlands, they began to clean the wall on which graffiti was painted for 30 years

    Have you ever wondered what is hidden under the last, visible layer of paint on a wall painted with graffiti? What about a wall that has been painted over and over for 30 years? Now we will show you. "If you look closely, you can see a multi-level timeline of 30 years. ...
  • National Geographic editors admit that the magazine has been racist for many years

    The legendary National Geographic magazine recently made a truly sensational statement: for decades, the publication has been racist. The editor-in-chief and her colleagues came to this conclusion after a professor at an American university analyzed the archives of National Geographic and provided an objective report on the editorial policy of the journal. ...
  • Cool illustrations showing how women's fashion has changed over the period 1784-1970

    In those distant times when there were no cameras yet, fashion was conveyed to the masses with the help of artfully created illustrations. Someone managed to assemble an impressive collection of such beautiful sketches demonstrating the changes that took place in Western fashion from 1784 to 1970. It was in the 70s that fashion illustration finally became obsolete and stopped appearing on the pages of publications. ...
  • 10 amazing trees from around the world who want to live in spite of everything

    Trees "live" on the earth for about 370 million years, and, as you will see in the following incredible photos, they were not without reason able to survive all the natural disasters and changes that prevailed on our planet. Regardless of whether they grow under stormy winds, on tops of rocky mountains, inside tunnels or even from each other, these plants know how to survive where there is almost no chance of life. ...
  • Take a look at what the coldest winter in the past 80 years has done to the ocean!

    A Lifestyle photographer from Massachusetts was lucky to capture an absolutely stunning sight. Not so long ago, one day when he went to the ocean as usual, the picture he witnessed simply deprived the guy of his speechlessness. Due to the strong south-west wind and low air temperature, the coastal waters of the ocean froze, forming amazing-looking ice waves. ...
  • 20 unique photos of what life was like in Paris a hundred years ago

    Paris has always been a dream with streets filled with beautiful architecture, tourists and lovers. One hundred years ago, everything was simpler: in the summer, bathed right in the Seine, gas lanterns were burning on the streets, you could buy fresh vegetables at the metro entrance. But lovers were everywhere: they walked along the beautiful streets and parks, sat hugging on benches and watched the life of the city. ...
  • 20 reasons to refuse a trip to Spain

    Those who have not been to Spain have not lost anything at all. No kidding! If you have not traveled to Spain, then you are still able to experience boundless delight from visiting any other country in the world. But if you managed to visit the homeland of flamenco and paella, then you most likely have already become addicted to this place! ...