optical illusions

Some old school Forteana here, came across this entry in the excellent 'UK Paranormal database': Anti-Gravity Hill Location: Shanklin (Isle of Wight) - Nansen Hill, between Shanklin and Bonchurch Type: Other Date / Time: Still present? Further Comments: A newspaper from 1961 featured Nansen...

The Crooked House, in Himley, West Midlands, has attracted fans from the four corners of the world since it became a pub in the 1830s. And it's all down to its odd structure and crooked bar. Said to be a favourite of visitors, the building slants to the left and is decorated with crooked...

I'd be most grateful if somebody could explain clearly what this photograph shows. I am unable to distinguish which things seem large because they are near and which appear small beause they are farther away. I know only that it's 'a hotel' but my mind keeps telling me it's a miniature set. I'm...

25 Photos You Need To Really Look At To Understand http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/photos ... understand Mod Edit: Original link dead, archived version below https://web.archive.org/web/20140311131357/https://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/photos-you-really-need-to-look-at-to-understand It's...

I am suprised this kind of thing hasn't got its own thread (or I've missed it) as cities in the air come up occasionally: Source Link is dead. The MIA news story (quoted in full above) can be accessed via the Wayback Machine...

I love a good optical illusion, and think they deserve their own thread. So this is it! Here's a damn jollly good page of illusions ... I especially like the wheels that appear to rotate as you move your head towards the monitor ... absolutely mental...

(Copied / transplanted from the Weird Weather thread) Here's some nice piccies of some of these phenonoma. Jane. Here's the relevant text and a photo from the cited webpage ... Yet another colorful and rare phenomenon, the Brocken spectrum (also know as a glory), here a picture taken in...