The ruins of a burned-down monastery have become a serene park and community space. 

Now a public art piece, this curious metal feature originally advertised a tinsmith's services.

Profile of a sleeping person 4km long in 250m high cliffs.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

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

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

This shack nestled in a 120-acre forest of maple trees in Mont-Rigaud is a wonderland of sugary syrup.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.