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WWII rocket launchpad in rural Germany and site of operation backfire.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

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

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

The site of good faith and good nature in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.

Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion."

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.

Russian researchers who have been excavating ancient squirrel burrows may have brought a 32,000-year-old plant back to life.

Ukrainian defense contractor's center for studying "pyramid energy."

An unused hyberbolic electricity pylon kept as architectural monument.

Volcanic irregularity? Odd erosion? Alien eggs? Local legends compete to explain these strange orbs.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.