Nentershausen, Germany
Naturbauten Park
At this unusual park, domes, ladders, chairs, and more are made from trees.
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Nentershausen, Germany
At this unusual park, domes, ladders, chairs, and more are made from trees.
Saalfeld, Germany
"The most colorful grottoes of the world.
Oberweser, Germany
The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.
Altenburg, Germany
This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.
Ohrdruf, Germany
Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.
Alfeld, Germany
The difficulty of getting a good night's sleep is an age-old affliction according to the one-of-a-kind Snoring Museum.
Leipzig, Germany
This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.
Göttingen, Germany
The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.
Göttingen, Germany
One of the oldest student jails in Germany.
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Goseck, Germany
A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.
Goslar, Germany
This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.
Halle (Saale), Germany
The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.
Halle (Saale), Germany
The monument honors the first (and for a long time, only) African-born philosopher to teach at a German university.
Wernigerode, Germany
On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Sark, Guernsey
One of the world's smallest prisons boasts just two small cells.
Guernsey
Underground hospital complex constructed by slave laborers during the German occupation of the Channel Islands.
Les Vauxbelets, Guernsey
An intricately decorated tiny place of worship.
Oneida, New York
Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.
Kalsoy, Faroe Islands
This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.
Wanaka, New Zealand
A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.
Washington, D.C.
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
Washington, D.C.
During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.