A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

All of Thailand's architectural landmarks, plus some made up ones, all viewable via two-seater bicycle.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.