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• Top Secret Tiny Tech: 11 of the Stealthiest Spy Gadgets - WebUrbanist

  From surprisingly sophisticated and inexpensive spy tech freely available to the public to complex CIA gadgets, these 12 devices will have you feeling paranoid.

• A Study in Architectural Contrasts: 12 Modern-Meets-Historic Additions - WebUrbanist

  At what point do modern extensions to historic structures surpass and overwhelm the original buildings rather than complementing and enlarging them? Contrasting architectural styles can be a tricky pr...

• 1920s Vintage Ads: Marketing in a Roaring Post-War World - WebUrbanist

  Advertising in the 1920's reflected prosperity, optimism, and total trust in the power of science. Here are 40 ads that show a nation sprinting into the future:

• Designed for Disassembly: Architecture Built with its Own End in Mind - WebUrbanist

  Few of us make plans for our lives with our own deaths in mind, so perhaps it's not surprising that architects don't usually spend much of the design process thinking about the virtually inevitable de...

• Devil’s Lake: Abandoned North Dakota Town Reclaimed by Rising Waters - WebUrbanist

  Over a period of decades, the waters of Devils Lake slowly rose higher and higher until they enveloped an entire farming town in rural North Dakota, forcing its inhabitants to leave. Changes to the cl...