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The great American road trip, but smaller.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

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

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.