Errol Morris' incredibly detailed investigation into Roger Fenton's 1855 Crimean War photo The Valley of the Shadow of Death (1.2MB html page), part 2, part 3 [more] [via] [via]
Flickr: Wonderful London - matching side-by-side pairs of classic and modern shots of the same London locations
How the Dutch East India Company Tried to Lead a Coalition of Pirates to War against China, 1621–1662 [via]