A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

Waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Under the desolate and windswept northern coast of Barbados stands a small oasis filled with sea anemones.

A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

The unique circular corral belonging to the “Cattle King” of Oregon.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.