Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

This grave resides at the crossroad of three parishes.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.