FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable. But this is a prison cell with a twist - as it's part of a HOTEL. 'Prisoners' at the hotel can experience a night locked up inside the former prison and find out firsthand what life was like inside the dingy cells, with the helping hand of a few modern necessities thrown in. The intriguing 56-room Alcatraz Hotel is located in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and sees guests don striped pyjamas to really get into the spirit of their stay. Receptionist David Woodard, 23, says: “Dr. Michael Koll and Dr. Andreas Kirsch bought the former prison and had the idea to change it into a hotel in 2007, five years after it closed.
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .