Ancient ruins as seen from space. Click on the images to see which ruins are pictured above and check out this gallery for more.

As a promotion for a new television show, an artist was commissioned by the UK history TV channel Yesterday to create a series of portraits of important historical figures as they would appear if they lived today. Click on the images to see who’s who.

“Half & Half” anatomical models from 1810-1850

America of the future imagined in the 1910s - 1930s

There’s beauty in the breakdown of these daguerreotypes.

Developed by mercury fumes and fixed with salts, the products of this process are extremely susceptible to decay. You can see more of them here, or you can visit the impressively large archive of them collected by The Library of Congress.

These colorized images of women building war planes in the 1940’s were enhanced by Webmaster Dave over at the Shorpy Historical Photo Archive. Stop by the archive only if you’ve got lots of time to get lost in history.

Antique astronomical prints from 1877

Vintage plant anatomy charts

Olivier Ratsi mixed and matched U.S. presidents in his collage series Once Upon a Time the Presidents.

Chinese Space Children Posters collected by Retronaut. Click on the images to see their translations.

These Little Thinkers (and many more) are available in my Thinx Gifts Amazon store. Click on the images to see who’s who.

Chirurgicale illustrée, anatomy in color. French. Archives de Doyen, 1911

Important People Drinking Coffee is a series of seriously silly illustrations by Steven Weinberg

Vintage x-rays from the New York Zoological Society 1896 (top) and the London Zoological Society 1922 (bottom)

Environmental Graffiti has assembled a terrific gallery of Rare Animated Stereoviews of Geishas in the 1800’s which provides a fascinating glimpse into Japan’s past.