HOMES WITH FAMOUS AMERICAN VIEWS
In densely populated urban settings, your view is quite likely to be another building, dark alley, or airshaft, so an appealing famous view will command more money on the market. What follows are five houses for sale that feature famous views, most of them suggested by Realtor.com and Zillow.com, ranked in order from the lowest price to the highest.
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| Space Needle Location: 425 Ward St., Seattle Price: $1.067 million Beds/Baths: 3/2.5 Square feet: 2,080 |
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| Empire State Building Location: New York City Price: $1.395 million Beds/Baths: 2/2 Square feet: 1,200 |
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| Hollywood Sign Location: Los Angeles Price: $1.395 million Beds/Baths: 4/5 Square feet: 4,162 |
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| Las Vegas Strip Location: Hughes Center, Las Vegas Price: $10 million Beds/Baths: 4/6 Square feet: 6,779 |
OPTICAL ILLUSION DEFIES REALITY
Created in Paris by Francois Abenalet, this ingenious sidewalk installation goes beyond the usual chalk drawings by incorporating actual grass and trees. It's a classic example of anamorphosis -- a distorted image that only takes its "proper" form when viewed from exactly the right angle.
WORLD'S SCARIEST FOOD
Think you're fearless about food? These international delicacies go beyond trendy nose-to-tail eating and push the boundaries of adventurous eating: Piles of spiders deep-fried in garlic and spices; raw eggs cured for months until they reach a reeking, gelatinous state; fried or grilled newborn mice served with a spicy dipping sauce—and more.
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| A palm-sized species of black tarantula known as "a-ping" is a well-known culinary specialty of Skuon, a small Cambodian village north of Phnom Penh. The rural area is sometimes called "spiderville" for the street vendors selling heaping trays of whole arachnids, which are bred in underground lairs and fried with garlic, sugar, spices and salt until their legs are crispy and their bodies turn a dusky red. |
FAMOUS HOMES INSPIRE COPYCATS
Some builders have a specific vision in mind when designing a home. Whether they are recreating the home of someone powerful or replicating a house from TV or in the movies, some people take their inspiration seriously and make it into their everyday reality.
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| Home inspired by Pixar's movie, "Up" |
MILKY WAY GALAXY
The Milky Way is home to over 200 billion stars and 50 billion planets. These incredible photos capture what we can see of the immense beauty of our galaxy.
CHINA'S JIAOZHOU BAY BRIDGE
This photo taken Wednesday, June 29, 2011 released by China's Xinhua news agency shows the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. China opened Thursday, June 30, 2011, the world's longest cross-sea bridge, which is 42 kilometers (26 miles) long and links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to an offshore island, Huangdao.
THE WORLD'S CRAZIEST BASKETBALL COURT
There is a basketball court in Germany that is about to blow your mind.We're not sure, outside of displaying one's artistic integrity, why someone would choose to make a 3D-styled basketball court featuring lumps and lamps and all sorts of weirdness, but we do appreciate the results. Because it gives us an excuse to wonder what it would be like to play basketball on a court like this:
PAST MEETS PRESENT
Want your past to be your present memories? Juxtaposes old photographs with how the same shot looks today. Here's the idea..
