America was supposed to be Art Deco. Here's how an age of optimism sparked a golden age of design. And why it's coming back... (thread) 🧵

Lady Astor’s Cartier Turquoise Tiara was the striking Art Deco Jewel of the the American Heiress who became the first female MP to take her seat in the British House of Commons and passed away #OnThisDay 60 years ago: royalwatcherblog.com…

Stunning beaches 🏖️ Art deco architecture 👌 Spectacular seafood 😋 There's so much for race fans to enjoy in the Sunshine State 🌞 #F1 #MiamiGP

Art Directors Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegté pulled out all the stops when designing the Art Deco interiors for Easy Living (1937), a romantic comedy about a working girl who is mistaken for a millionaire’s mistress. To find out more about the ADG Archives email barbara@adg.org.

A sign of changed municipal fortunes. It’s not just that Calcutta has a skating rink. 13M people live there, so why wouldn’t it? No, it’s that it has an Art Deco one, that is almost a hundred years old. THAT’S what’s surprising. It tells us what Calcutta used to be.

Jones on Main, a duo of art deco towers at 708 and 712 Main in downtown Houston, have new owners who plan to upgrade the longtime landmark. trib.al/5L12cdP

Did Jesus of Nazareth visit England? It sounds like a wild theory — it's actually far less absurd than it sounds. In 2019, an exciting discovery was made... (thread) 🧵

Prague is probably the world's most beautiful city. Here's why... (thread) 🧵

How much human knowledge has been lost to history? Well, this ancient wonder was razed by the Mongols in 1258 — it's said the Tigris River ran black with ink. Here's what was inside... (thread) 🧵

A thread of Europe's most spectacular (and unusual) castles... 🧵 1. Hohenzollern Castle, Germany