This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

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

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Locals call it the "Give Peas a Chance" bridge because of its distinct graffiti.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.