This 800-year-old Rimu tree may be the oldest of its kind in the world.

A peninsula on a peninsula that becomes an island at high tide.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.

A site where ten to twenty thousand Edo-era prisoners were put to death.

This infamous execution site inspired the beginning of Japan's modernization in the late 18th-century.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

One man's attempt to stay one step ahead of the church.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

A plaque marks the humble origins of an artistic muse who embodied the ideals of Pre-Raphaelite beauty.

A little piece of Oxford's overlooked industrial heritage.

Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

A collection of biblical memorabilia.