A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

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

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

Berlin's old airport.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.