An electrical pylon under whose legs a normal gauge train can run.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

The largest model carrot in the world.

Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.