Monstrum's play structures will make you wish you were a kid again

Monstrum is a Danish company that designs and produces distinctly delightful playgrounds with a focus on artistic and architectural quality. Looking at the photos, it looks like the colorful wooden structures do a pretty good job of promoting imaginative play.

There's a giant slide shaped like a dragon, a massive eel wrapped around a lighthouse, and, my favorite, the large playground for Kristinebergs Slottspark in Stockholm. It features a pair of giant owls, huge mushrooms and flowers, stairs and ladders to climb on, and enormous creepy crawlers. I loved playgrounds as a kid. Now that I have two children, I have a renewed interest in them.

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Thai artist paints on mosquito nets

I find them quite intriguing, these ghostly portraits that Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew paints on mosquito nets. His creations look like a hologram, changing form depending on where the viewer stands. Overall, they're gloomy, haunting, and endlessly fascinating. I could stare at them for ages. [h/t: Colossal ]

'Women of the Future,' according to vintage trading cards

Firefighter In 1902, French artist Albert Bergeret printed this set of trading cards depicting women and their futuristic occupations as firefighters, politicians, soldiers, lawyers, and journalists. Titled Women of the Future , these collectibles were released primarily for the boys, that's why many of these outfits fall more on the side of post-Victorian pin-up calendar than professional attire. General Marine Journalist Artist [h/t: Dangerous Minds ]

When Mickey Went Gothic

In the 1930s, Universal's hits like Dracula and Frankenstein had everyone buzzing, and Walt Disney wanted a piece of that spooky action for his biggest star. The result was The Mad Doctor —a frantic, gothic horror show where Mickey Mouse has to brave a booby-trapped castle full of dancing, self-assembling skeletons to rescue his snatched dog, Pluto. It was the first time audiences saw a truly terrified Mickey. Not only did some theaters refuse to screen the short film, but the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) outright banned it, deeming it "too gruesome" for kids.

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