In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

The last Oostende trawler to fish off Iceland is now a museum.

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.