Berlin, Germany
Pergamon Museum
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
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Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Marostica, Italy
Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.
Bergen, Norway
A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Sainte-Mère-Église, France
An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.
Arlington, Virginia
The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.
Arlington, Virginia
The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.
Austin, Texas
This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.
Washington, D.C.
A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
McLean, Virginia
The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.
Bristol, Virginia
One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Spanish Town, British Virgin Islands
This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.
Berlin, Germany
After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.
El Paso, Texas
The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
Washington, D.C.
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
Washington, D.C.
A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.
Pensacola Beach, Florida
One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.
South West City, Missouri
Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.
Iceland
Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.