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This saltwater swimming pool, which is the last of its kind in the United States, is slowly crumbling within sight of multiple high-end beachside hotels.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

This 19th-century fountain features sculptures of little gnomes that help with chores.

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

A statue dedicated to the antihero of the Nibelung legend.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

Ornate lobby of a police station is decorated with colorful murals by Augusto Giacometti.

Switzerland's oldest public observatory is an important part of the Zurich cityscape.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

The original version of Porto's most famous sandwich is just as good here as it was a century ago.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

A seismograph and a bunker from the Cold War still sit under this university building.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

This historic streetcar system has been running since the 19th-century.

Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.

A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.