This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

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

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.