Lake Wales, Florida
Spook Hill
A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.
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Lake Wales, Florida
A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.
Polk City, Florida
The world's largest private aircraft collection.
Orlando, Florida
A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.
Wichita, Kansas
Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.
Lamar, Colorado
Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.
Pagosa Springs, Colorado
No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.
Conyers, Georgia
A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.
Iceland
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Dresden, Germany
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Chemnitz, Germany
This giant glowing "beanpole" adds much-needed pops of color to an otherwise drab power plant.
Chemnitz, Germany
One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.
Ansbach, Germany
The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.
Nuremberg, Germany
This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.
Nuremberg, Germany
This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.
Nuremberg, Germany
A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
Nuremberg, Germany
An ornate sculpture of an ox in repose marks the former entrance to Nuremberg's medieval meat market, which was destroyed during World War II.
Nuremberg, Germany
Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.
Nuremberg, Germany
This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.
Nuremberg, Germany
This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.