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Before he was forced to flee the country under Nazi rule, Albert Einstein spent his summers in this custom-built lakeside house near Berlin.

This abandoned iron furnace was one of the first to use coke—a type of high-carbon fuel—to make iron.

A stunning architectural yet functional feat, towering over Oslo.

The inconspicuous grave of the University of Illinois' first president is just steps from the main quadrangle.

This village in Bohemian Switzerland hosts more than 300 wood carvings inspired by fairytales, folklore, and other oddities, as well as a series of Communist-era tanks

Plagued with warts? Leave a frog at this small shrine in the city of Tosa, and you may be cured.

The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.

One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

Nine caves filled with recently-discovered archaeological finds under the houses and the streets of the most ancient district of an old town.

A piece of the Ludendorff Bridge, also known as Remagan Bridge, calls this military base home.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

This dais was said to be a remote toilet built for the convenience of the British Royal Party on their brief, and only, visit to this small African nation in 1947. But is the story true?

This six-building complex is the home of the world's largest steer.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

This chimney is the oldest free standing industrial chimney in Britain.