The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A dream-like maze full of strange art, surreal spaces, and fantasy landscapes to get lost in.

Fall down the rabbit hole into a surreal journey of human consciousness "from ass to soul."

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

A sweet museum focused on beets.

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

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

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

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

A rare chance to ride one of the few continuous elevators still in operation.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

One of the last socialist halls still standing in the United States.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.