A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.