A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Commemorating a unique medieval profession: men who collected feces.

An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.

A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

The world's biggest pet store.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.