This theme park is not in Tokyo, not especially German, and certainly not a village.

Home to a legend of the supernatural raccoon dog, a rare wooden structure of Edo, and witnesses of the Tokyo bombings.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

The tradition of using flowers to decorate wells is once again thriving in England.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

This centuries-old canal known as the Cuckoo Dyke has a staircase of locks suitable for a giant.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.