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Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

This outdoor library provides around-the-clock access to around 7,000 books.

This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

A beautiful but deteriorating monument of Soviet architecture.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.