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The world famous Hollywood Sign is an internationally recognised symbol of American heritage and culture. While best known for its many television and movie cameos, the sign itself has a long history, and has undergone a few nips and tucks…

Trompe-l'œil, or Trick of the Eye, is a long-established art technique where an artist uses very realistic imagery to create the illusion that the things shown in the image are actually three dimensional. The technique has been popularised on the…

Want to see a ghost? Not scared of the dark? We've got a list of 5 of the most haunted destinations in the world for you to visit1. Bring a flashlight and let's get started... Many places can claim to…

The Alameda Trench is a 16-km train route which runs 10m below ground-level through the centre of Los Angeles. Trains descend into the trench near Greenleaf Boulevard in the south and rise back to the surface at 25th Street to…

Yesterday Google finally announced the launch of some fantastic new Street View imagery, covering Portugal, Switzerland and Taiwan. This means we can now use Street View to see some great previously featured sights, such as the current title holder of…

As we're sure you'll have heard by now, Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, has died in Los Angeles. We first posted Neverland Ranch to the site back in April 2005, but at the time Jackson was in the news…