Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

This Ukraine alleyway has become its own little island of forgotten things.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

The shattered remains of the world's once tallest structure.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A medieval church built up to defend its village.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.