The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.