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A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

This remarkable parking garage in Darmstadt has lived several lives and still contains remnants of its World War I past.

This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.

The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.

The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.

1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

In a country where driving from one town to another is literally impossible, this small stretch of gravel is a remarkable feat.

An experimental forest at the foreground of arboreal science is also the canary in the coal mine for climate change.

Walrus skulls and narwhal bones were found here while excavating a 900-year old church.

A Cold War atomic camp buried under the ice is now emerging because of global warming.

The world's northernmost flowers cling tenuously to life on desolate Kaffeklubben Island.

1% of Greenland's entire population used to live in this single building, which is now slated for demolition.

Thousands of letters to Santa get delivered to this mailbox in Greenland.

Greenland's first shopping mall also hosts the country's government.

These mysterious 1,000-year-old walls have revealed little about their past.

On the grounds of a hospital in Ghana, a legendary sword said to have been plunged into the earth hundreds of years ago.

The world’s largest digital waste dump has become a site where organized criminals hack into confidential government data.

An enormous public square and parade ground built to celebrate Ghana's independence.

The clever workshop that has been designing some of the most unusual coffins imaginable.