A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

The painting on an aptly named street honors the 1980s slasher movie.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

The largest portal tomb in Europe has a capstone weighing around 150 tons.

Rub it for a bit of good luck.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.

A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

Oliver Cromwell once seized the land under this house, which included the ruins of a medieval abbey that the owner used to build his stately home.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.