No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A war relic that has sat undisturbed since it crash-landed near Arno Atoll.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

A marker honors the brief peace found by a tormented artist in the fictional land of Kcymaerxthaere.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

This World War II relic let Allied pilots know they were entering neutral airspace.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The only Shinto shrine in Europe that has been officially sanctioned by Japan.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.

This set of concrete chambers resonates according to different notes of octaves.