A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

The site of good faith and good nature in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.