Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
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Dresden, Germany
Slaughterhouse Five
Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.
Dresden, Germany
Schwebebahn Dresden
A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.
Zinnowitz, Germany
Submerged Gondola
An elevator into the Baltic Sea.
Berlin, Germany
Hansa Studios
From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.
Binz, Germany
Treetop Tower of Rügen
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Berlin, Germany
Tempelhof Airport
Berlin's old airport.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
The Eagle's Nest
Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Berlin, Germany
Vestiges of the Berlin Wall
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
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Berlin, Germany
The Return of the Cows
Art and a pun, all in one.
Berlin, Germany
Stasi Museum
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Botanical Garden
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
Moires, Greece
Labyrinthos Caves
Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.
Guiyang, China
Liebian International Building
On special occasions, one of the world's tallest artificial waterfalls gushes down the side of this Chinese skyscraper.
Yanan Shi, China
Abandoned China Medical University
Forgotten for decades, the first medical school built in Communist China is full of surprises today.
Suzhou, China
London Tower Bridge Replica
The Chinese have long been excellent at the art of copying, but this epic replica takes the biscuit.
Diqing Zangzuzizhizhou, China
Tiger Leaping Gorge
One of the word's deepest gorges is also tied to a fantastic legend.
Fuling, China
816 Underground Nuclear Plant
This top secret Chinese military megaproject is the world’s largest human-made tunnel structure.
Pingtang County, China
The Eye of Heaven
The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.
Shenzhen Shi, China
Window of the World
130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.
Changsha, China
Giant Head of Mao Zedong
The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.
Xilin Gol, China
Erlian Kissing Dinosaurs
The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.
Xuzhou, China
Western Han Dynasty Terracotta Warriors Museum
These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.
Huangshan, China
Buxian Bridge
This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.
