Berlin, Germany
Berlin Botanical Garden
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
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Berlin, Germany
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
Seattle, Washington
A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.
Herzberg am Harz, Germany
What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.
Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Marseille, France
This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.
Vaals, Netherlands
A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.
San Francisco, California
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.
Dietikon, Switzerland
A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.
Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina
These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.
West Glacier, Montana
This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.
The Hague, Netherlands
A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.
Guise, France
This "social palace" housing complex created a relatively stable and self-contained worker's society... for a time.
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.
Madrid, Spain
Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.
Cesena, Italy
A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.
Montegabbione (TR), Italy
This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.
Genga, Italy
This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.