A Retired Boeing 727 Turned into a Sweet Home (18 pics)

A Retired Boeing 727 Turned into a Sweet Home — Bruce Campbell 64 years old is an inventive engineer from Oregon doesn’t just love planes, he lives inside of one. Campbell lives in this plane 6 months every year, and spends the other part of the year in Japan. After purchasing a retired Boeing 727-200 for $100,000, he placed it in his backyard, otherwise known as the middle of the woods in Oregon. Campbell’s start up costs were actually quite considerable. He paid $17,000 to move the plane from an airport to a staging site, $20,000 to rent the staging site for four months, $21,600 to remove the wings and tail, and $25,000 to finally move it to an unusual and innovative home and office. Campbell is working to restore some of the plane's original features, from the cockpit to flight stairs, a working lavatory, LED lighting and some of the seats. What an awesome way of giving the airplane a second life.

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Floating Slum of Makoka in Nigeria (20 pics)

Floating Slum of Makoka in Nigeria — The village of Makoko in Nigeria is located on a lagoon on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean floats on a lagoon in the center of Lagos. Houses in Makoko are built on sticks. Canoes are the main kind of transportation. Makoko by its status as an illegal settlement, the government is fighting in court to tear down the village, which some call a slum, this is their home. The populations estimates 150,000 to 250,000 people live here in Makoko.

Faith in Humanity Restored (11 pics)

Rescued Belgian Malinois has special bond with terminally ill boy - Lucas Hembree is a four-year old boy who suffers from Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare genetic disease, as consequence, children with the disease suffer seizures and severe neurological damage and eventually loose the ability to speak, walk and eat. Lucas may not have many years remaining, but Chester and his wife Jennifer, want their son to experience the best quality of life while he can. So when Lucas began to have difficultly walking, Chester investigated getting a service dog to help Lucas. "I was told that a service dog would cost at least $15,000, and that Lucas wasn’t a good candidate because of his deteriorating abilities and his behavior," Chester says. "I refused to accept this answer."

The Magic Restroom Cafe of America (15 pics)

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The Magic Restroom Cafe of America — A new unusually themed restaurant is America’s first bathroom themed eatery has just opened outside of Los Angeles County’s City of Industry. Inspired by Taipei’s quirky but very popular Modern Toilet restaurant, the Magic Restroom Cafe. Bathroom themed restaurants have had great success in Japan and China in recent years, over a dozen Modern Toilet locations have opened in Taiwan alone, so it seems inevitable that the trend would eventually come stateside.

America’s 20 Youngest Billionaires by Forbes

20. Ken Griffin, 44, is worth an estimated $4.4 billion. He made his money through his Citade return in 2012.(ImageCredit)

13 Amazing Guinness World Records 2014

Here are 13 eye-popping images of the biggest, fastest, longest, weirdest and wackiest record breakers recognized in 2013 and featured in the 2014 edition of Guinness World Records.

01. The smallest roadworthy car measures 63.5 cm (25 in) high, 65.41 cm (2 ft 1.75 in) wide and 126.47 cm (4 ft 1.75 in). It was created by Austin Coulson (USA) and measured in Carrollton, Texas, USA.

Artist Turns His Car into Art on Wheels for Strangers (11 pics)

Artist Turns His Hyundai Car into Art on Wheels for Strangers to Draw on it - A 2004 Hyundai Elantra is worth about $5,000 cash today, according to Cars.com. Philip Romano's model is probably worth a bit less than that, since it's coated headlight to fender in gritty matte-black chalkboard paint.

The 20-year-old Romano is majoring in psychology at SUNY-Geneseo but describes himself as an artist (been there!). Over the past few days, he's been cruising around New York, parking the car in conspicuous places and waiting to see what happens. Though a matte-black car that comes with its own chalk seems pretty self-explanatory, Romano even invested in a vanity license plate: DRAWONME.

How Chinese Students Escape the Heat (13 pics)

How Chinese Students Escape the Heat — As a result of a stifling heat wave that hit Wuhan, China on Thursday, Chinese students have been forced to take shelter in the air-conditioned sports hall at the Central China Normal University. The students have been sleeping on rush mats and have even brought a few things from home to keep them comfortable while they hide from the 38C (100F) temperature outside.