Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

The unusual private collection of modern-day renaissance man George Musgrave.

The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.

This mysterious chalk figure of a horse has been recreated and restored for more than a century.

This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.

According to local folklore, this odd face on a wall of Rudyard Kipling's former home can bring visitors a bit of luck.

The remnants of a strange stilted building on rails can still be seen at low tide.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

A stone plaque and a winking pub name are all that remain to remember the victims of deadly 1836 avalanche.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.