These photos of the surface of Mars gives us a good idea of the possible real estate on offer, if we can ever figure out how to cost-effectively get people over there.

Filed under: mars and real estate

I normally avoid politics here at amazing.com - and for the record, I don't think Barack Obama is any more or less hypocritical than the other candidates - but I really enjoyed visiting Billionaire's row with this guy.

He was audacious enough to try and find out when the private, no reporters allowed fundraiser was and to stop by to take some pictures.

If nothing else, this gives a nice glimpse into how the other 0.0001% live.

As a special bonus, I found some real estate listings from this area. It turns out that houses in this block go for $48 million to $65 million, which I have to admit is a lot more than even I would have expected.

Filed under: real estate, barack obama, big money, campaign, and contributions

Have you ever wished for more challenges in life? Do you yearn for a house that makes you fight to stand up, instead of encouraging you to relax?

Artists Arkawana and Madeline Gins have taken this idea to heart, saying that this kind of constant disorientation forces you to confront life head on and "improves your immune system". "They ought to build hospitals like this."

The New York Times reporter who visited the house begged to differ as he slipped and slid through the interior. Clearly, this novel approach to hospital design had yet to win him over.

The house is so disorienting that they make visitors sign a release before touring the place, and children are not allowed in at all. It is now for sale for its construction cost of approximately $2 million.

We can give Steven Holl, architect of the house, the last word: "It has to do with the idea that you are only as old as you think you are."

Filed under: house, real estate, and disorienting