Leipzig, Germany
Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Monument to the Battle of the Nations)
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
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Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.
Schweindorf, Germany
Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.
Schiedam, Netherlands
Wind power station for making famous Ketel One vodka.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Jaipur, India
The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.
Antarctica
The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.
Maastricht, Netherlands
This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.
Glover, Vermont
This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.
Windsor, Vermont
This historic folk museum celebrates the attention to detail that makes America great.
Richmond, Vermont
This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.
Rutland, Vermont
A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.
Harlingen, Netherlands
Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.
Gdańsk, Poland
A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.
Gdańsk, Poland
Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
Lelystad, Netherlands
This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.
Enkhuizen, Netherlands
The world's largest collection of ships in bottles.
Carnegie, Pennsylvania
Where the "World Pinball Champion” is crowned.
Banning, California
The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.