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The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

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

The largest brick bridge in the world.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.