The Garden Of Forking Paths

A miscellany of art, history, maps, battleships, mermaids, and sea creatures.

[ddestroyangels]

The Fall of Icarus by Bernard Picart, 1731

Museum of Fine Art, Boston

[willigula]

Moonstruck by Saul Leiter, 1957

If you were alive in the 1970s you will remember this type of lampshade, it was everywhere. I don't think I've seen one in decades.

[willigula]

Photo of Hellenic Navy Kimon-class frigates by Ewan Lebourdais, 2025

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SS United States at a pier in Philadelphia by Briscoe Park, 2025

[enchantedbook]

'Banquet of Mermaids' by Ryoko Kimura

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In Paradise by Max Švabinský, 1918

[willigula]

Satirical map of Europe from Italy, c. 1870

(via Il Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano)

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SS America (built 1939) on her final voyage, 2025

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Stanley Tigerman designed condo, 1100 North Lake Shore Dr Chicago, 1983

[willigula]

Futuristic advertising art for Sony & Fuji by Hisashi Saito, 1978-1983

[constanzarte]

Ferdinand Leeke, The Rhinemaidens, 1913

[jadeseadragon]

Ferdinand Leeke (German, 1859 - 1923)

[willigula]

At the Bottom of the Pacific by Tomiyamo Taeko, 2025

[faerie-bear]

by Feodor Rojankovsky, 1936

[willigula]

GE booklet, 1930

(via Pulp Librarian)

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A satellite image taken by Maxar Technologies shows the Eaton fire in Altadena, California, on January 8, 2025

[willigula]

Views from the bridge of a commercial tanker

(via maritime horrors)

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Toyota Maru cargo submarine concept art by John Berkey, 1990

(via James Vaughan)