La Orotava, Spain
Roque Cinchado
This unique rock formation is quite the local celebrity, although one day it may come crashing down.
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La Orotava, Spain
This unique rock formation is quite the local celebrity, although one day it may come crashing down.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.
London, England
A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.
Milford, New Hampshire
A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
This Canadian road's nickname stuck so hard the city had to keep it.
Naumburg, Germany
Is this statue at Naumberg Cathedral the fairest of them all?
Beruni, Uzbekistan
These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.
Xiva, Uzbekistan
Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.
Lübbenau/Spreewald, Germany
A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.
Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
This unique medieval artwork featuring the story of the Antichrist remained lost for decades.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Halbe, Germany
It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.
Oranienburg, Germany
The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.
Potsdam, Germany
In a divided Germany, Potsdam's "central" train station was relocated to the city's southern suburbs to avoid West Berlin.
Potsdam, Germany
The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.
Potsdam, Germany
A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.
Berlin, Germany
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
Berlin, Germany
A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
Berlin, Germany
When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.
Berlin, Germany
This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe.