Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl 🎶

📍 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Photo by: Tiago Petrik

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"Behind this joyful facade of multi-colored windows is an equally colorful history. Since the early 20th Century, this grand hotel has seen celebrity guests, excessive parties, and even infamous affairs gone wrong. This palatial lodging was erected in what was once a quiet fishing village, and to this day continues to be the life of the party."

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Ocean views since 1933 🌊

📍 Los Angeles, California | Photo by: Paul Fuentes

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"White-gloved attendants first swung open the doors of Santa Monica’s Georgian Hotel in 1933. Run by Judge Harry J. Borde, the exclusive hotel was nicknamed “The Lady” in honor of Borde’s late mother, Rosamond—the true visionary of The Georgian and its adjacent sister hotel."

u/AccidentallyWA — 6 days ago

Not your average bank... 🤑

📍 Corfu, Greece | Photo by: Mike Leonard

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"The building itself is part of the story. Designed by a local Corfiot architect, the neoclassical structure was an act of civic ambition as much as financial pragmatism, built to project permanence and confidence in a colonial institution that would outlast the British protectorate it served."

u/AccidentallyWA — 12 days ago

High tides and saving lives 🛟

📍 Valencia, Spain | Photo by: Sebastien Cordat

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"Those getting lost in the golden sands surrounding this Red Cross lifeguard station can thank a French botanist for their beautiful beach. In 1848, Jean Felix Robillard Closier abandoned his post at Paris’s Jardins des Champs-Élysées to take up the title of senior gardener at Jardín Botánico in Valencia."

u/AccidentallyWA — 13 days ago

Inside a theater in Jaipur... 💡

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"Gem Cinema opened on July 4, 1964, when its founder Maniram Kasliwal’s grandson laid the foundation stone in 1960. Best known for its 10am Hollywood shows, particularly James Bond films, the theatre shut down in 2005 when multiplexes took over."

u/AccidentallyWA — 14 days ago

The Peranakan shophouses of Singapore 🍬

"Known as the country’s most colorful street, these pastel properties are a quintessential aspect of Singapore’s streetscape."

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u/AccidentallyWA — 18 days ago

Take a seat 🛋️ or beat the heat? 🏊‍♂️

📍 Paris, France | Photo by: Piergab

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"When Piscine Molitor, on the outskirts of Park, opened its doors in 1929, its avant-garde atmosphere attracted the city’s artists, celebrities, and high society.  Molitor was an art deco lover’s dream, designed to resemble a luxury ocean liner.  For sixty years, patrons sunbathed by day (or ice-skated during winter months), and fine dining deep into the night."

u/AccidentallyWA — 19 days ago

That's one explosive BOGO 💥

📍 Austin, Texas | Photo by: Matthew Johnson

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"American Fireworks operates more than 200 fire-works outlets throughout the state of Texas, with stands and stores open for business only in the days leading up to New Year’s Eve and the Fourth of July..."

u/AccidentallyWA — 20 days ago

See ya in the stacks 📚 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

📍 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Photo by: Yuri Seródio

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"In the pulsating heart of Rio de Janeiro is a quiet palace of words, recognized by TIME magazine as the fourth most beautiful library in the world. But the Real Gabinete Português de Leitura, or Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, is more than a library—it’s a literary sanctuary that held profound significance to those who created it..."

u/AccidentallyWA — 24 days ago

What’s behind this wall?​ 🌬️ Jaipur, India

A five story facade of lattice sandstone - and zero doors to the outside. This 953-window palace ​w​as built for royal women to observe the streets below without ever being seen. But many visitors miss the bright colors and maze-like interiors that sit hidden behind this bright pink and orange exterior.

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u/AccidentallyWA — 25 days ago

Pick an umbrella, any umbrella ⛱️

📍 Phuket, Thailand | Photos by: Alex Galmeanu

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"In 2004, tragedy struck the shores of Phuket, Thailand, when a tsunami heartbreakingly wiped out its west coast. Thanks to extraordinary efforts from the global community, scant evidence of physical damage remains and the island has bounced back to being a sought-after holiday destination..."

u/AccidentallyWA — 26 days ago

Matinee vs. Prime Time 🎭

📍 Detroit, Michigan | Photos by: Anna Vazeille & Marco Fratus

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"In many theaters, a single lightbulb remains lit onstage when the space is empty—well, empty of humans, that is! This light, known as a “ghostlight,” serves a dual purpose. Some say it’s simply for safety, while others believe it’s meant to appease or ward off ghosts. At Detroit’s historic Fox Theatre, the ghostlight has its own lore..."

u/AccidentallyWA — 27 days ago

On Rømø, even the kites have a wild side 🪁

📍 Rømø, Denmark | Photo by: Søren Nørgaard Jakobson

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"The first weekend in September brings an explosion of color to Lakolk beach on Denmark’s Rømø Island. Since the late 1980s, this has been home to the annual Rømø Dragon Festival—northern Europe’s largest international gathering of kite enthusiasts."

u/AccidentallyWA — 1 month ago

Eccentrically painted shutters? Count us in 🌈

📍 Civic District, Singapore | Photo by: Accidentally Wes Anderson

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"Taking a step back makes it easier to see the rainbow of colors stretching across this national monument. Once used as housing for Singaporean police forces and utilized as a jail, the building has gotten a bright multi-colored makeover and now serves for senses rather than serving up sentences."

u/AccidentallyWA — 1 month ago

Beach Huts of Ærø, Denmark 🇩🇰

For nearly a century, these seaside huts have charmed locals and visitors alike. Today they’re cherished icons of Denmark’s coastal heritage.

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u/AccidentallyWA — 1 month ago

Signs of India 🪧

A hand-picked selection of hand-painted typography from our Adventure to India 🎨 P.S. Swipe to the end for a special surprise 🦚

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u/AccidentallyWA — 1 month ago