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The Palos Verdes Peninsula — a land of rolling hills, jagged cliffs and sweeping views of the city and ocean — boasts some of the most beautiful terrain in Southern

Archinect profile for Kevin Medler.

A decades-long landslide has reshaped a 240-acre section of Palos Verdes Peninsula known as Portuguese Bend. The city is mounting a plan to slow it.

Could California see similar damage to Turkey if a magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit?

This week's installment takes you inside and under a series of L.A. homes, where one structural assessor has found everything from black widow spiders to a human skull.

Black widow spiders, secret rooms, human skulls. Structural assessors see the underbelly of L.A. real estate — and have the stories to prove it.

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Just like Alpha Alpha Structural, Inc. (previously here, here, and here), Boston Home Inspectors also rain on peoples parades. Well, kinda. In a nice way. "We are hired by the buyer of a property to inspect the exterior of the house, basement, and structure along with all of the home systems," James Brock of Boston Home Inspectors told Bored Panda. "We test all the outlets, appliances, windows, doors, and bathroom fixtures. We, both, look for items not installed properly or that may be deterio...