This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

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

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

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

Uninhabited islet in the Caribbean is the sanctuary of giant lizards.

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

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruous in rural Vermont.

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."