The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The magic's in the hole!

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.