3 Best Eiffel Tower Replicas in the World
Everyone loves the actual Eiffel Tower so much, some builders have found it worthwhile to build Eiffel Tower replicas. This iron structure […]
Author: Lee Wallender
Deception, influence, fakes, illusions, themed environments, simulations, secret places, secret infrastructure, imagined places, dreamscapes, movie sets and props, evasions, camouflage, studio backlots, miniatures.
Water Feature Designed Like a Dark Ride: Boulder Falls Inn, Lebanon Oregon
Water features are completely unnecessary, and that’s one reason why they are so great. There is a water feature located in an unlikely […]
Radio City Music Hall Stage Cutaway, 1950
Fantastic cutaway of New York’s Radio City Music Hall stage in 1950, showing the 57 foot pistons that operate the three stage […]
Everything In Me Exploded: 1830 Verdugo Vista Dr., Glendale, CA
Few homes from the 1930s still exist in such exquisite state as the one located at 1830 Verdugo Vista Dr., Glendale, California. […]
The Grandeur and Faded Glory of Elvis’ Private Jet Rotting in the Desert
It’s not the Lisa Marie and it’s not the Hound Dog II, both of which were in top condition and on auction […]
Hogan’s Heroes Set at 40 Acres Backlot: Then and Now
Sure, the Cuningham Group of Culver City, CA-based architects may try to blow smoke in our direction with such slogans as “We […]
Mountain in the Middle of L.A.: Paramount Studios’ Western Street and Its Fake Mountain
Once there was a mountain in the middle of Los Angeles. Most movie studios, in their backlots or in movie ranches in […]
Fantastic Department Store Cutaway, 1950s
Yet another mind-blowing cutaway from master illustrator Frank Soltesz. Few people realize that half of a department store is devoted to areas […]
The Great Foley, Minn. Computer Scam of 1955
It’s time for Robert Kotsmith and Michael Chmielewski to fess up. Time to come clean. Guys, don’t worry. We forgive you. The Statute […]
Celluloid Prairie Scum and Lithe Championship Diver: Strother Martin’s Two Lives
Strother Martin in Rooster Cogburn, 1975 Strother Martin was a character actor who rose to the very top of the character category. […]