This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Where the interconnection of German power grids should be.

This monolithic slab of art metal crowns a German slag heap.

This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

Amöneburg is a town perched on top of a basalt mountain in the middle of an ancient meteor crater.

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.