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An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

Berlin's old airport.

A museum specifically dedicated to the Trabant, one of the iconic automobiles of the GDR.

A dilapidated space station with overtones of 'Alien' and 'Bladerunner' featuring a multiplayer games galore.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.