The story of John L. Burns, a veteran of the War of 1812, who at the age of 72 fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Click here for Shorpy's picture of him/Excerpt ( Read more... )

This is currently my desktop background at work:


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Thanks to abandonedplaces, a haunting picture of the inside of an abandoned sky scraper in Moscow, Russia.


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Found by Paul Jessup:


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