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This, courtesy of Neil Gaiman's not inconsiderable nose for the weird, is amazing. Bizarre and 19th-century and random, but amazing. Lose yourself. Wonder. It shifts and morphs when you mouse-over and click. (There's an explanation here, but it's actually contra-indicated.) Also, it has owls.

And this man does exquisite things to language. Why have I never read him before? Cruel universe.