Paleofuture is a blog dedicated to exploring all of these discarded futures. There are the expected write-ups on nuclear-powered rockets, weather control schemes and orbital hotels from the 1950s and 1960s, but some of the most compelling stuff is from the near past.

There are concept videos from the late 1980s created by Apple and AT&T that try to imagine how we'd work with computers in the 1990s and beyond. One Apple video—"Grey Flannel"—attempts to depict a next-gen operating system with a user sorting through his audio voice mail, fetching data from long-distance databases and ordering pizza online. It's all stuff that people today take for granted, but it's the difference between seeing a Wernher von Braun space shuttle and the real thing. There are posts about robot ownership from 1984, multimedia devices from 1992 and the impending apocalypse from 1980.

The site features regular updates about paleo-history finds, such as a new online archive of NASA images and news articles about related topics like Disney's new (but uninspiring) "House of the Future." Posts are organized by decade, allowing visitors to easily browse would-be futures from the 1880s through the 1990s.

It's a fascinating read and should entertain anyone who loves the unexpected intersections of science fiction and history.