HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers. The 11x5ft pool, located in south-eastern California, was built by Austrian visual artist Alfredo Barsuglia. The free retreat includes a solar-powered filter and chlorination system, but visitors face a challenge if they want to take a dip.
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .