The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Underneath a chalk hill in France lies what Hitler hoped would be the underground launching base for a devastating new weapon.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

The largest 19th century panorama in the world still in-situ.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

This enormous storm barrier is one of the largest moving structures on Earth, with each arm taller than the Washington Monument.