A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

This giant glowing "beanpole" adds much-needed pops of color to an otherwise drab power plant.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

An ornate sculpture of an ox in repose marks the former entrance to Nuremberg's medieval meat market, which was destroyed during World War II.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

Lava stone structures possibly dating back to the 19th century may have been a stopping point for voyagers between ancient Egypt and the Mayan Civilization.

An unexpected ghost village lurks on the southeast coast of Tenerife.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

This unique rock formation is quite the local celebrity, although one day it may come crashing down.

A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.