Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

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

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.