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Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

One Greenland town turned itself into an open air sculpture gallery with the help of a series of traditional stone artworks.

Small Island off the coast of Greenland.

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

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.