A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

Most complete collection of Gymnosperms in the world.

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

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

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

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

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.