Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

One of the world's most complex timepieces.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

Leave the wardrobes and sweets to British schoolchildren, Shanghai's got a Coke machine that leads to booze.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

A shipwreck named Desire at the shore of Batumi.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.