Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.