Today marks the 71^st anniversary of the Victor Fleming film, The Wizard of Oz. And being from Kansas we couldn’t let the day go by without acknowledging what many consider the best film of all time.  Based on the 1900 novel of the same name by L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz , is about a 12-year old Kansas farmgirl, named Dorothy Gale, who is knocked unconscious during a tornado and wakes up in the magical Land of Oz and with her dog Toto too!

We see the differences in design and architecture during Dorothy’s journey from Kansas to the Land of Oz and then on to the Emerald City. The sepia-toned reality of Kansas is a stark contrast to almost sensory-overload of the Technicolor of Oz.  The Land of Oz is bright with color, from the yellow brick road to the glimmering green structures of its capital, Emerald City.

Take a look at some of the images below and see how the architecture of Oz are a vast difference from her home in Kansas.

Below is a clip from the movie where Dorothy opens the door of her Kansas farmhouse and steps into the colorful world of Oz.

*A prequel to Wizard of Oz is scheduled to be released in 2013. It will be directed by Spider-Man’s Sam Raimi and is likely to star Robert Downey, Jr.