This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

This outdoor museum harkens back to the height of the gold rush.

A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.

This abstract sculpture was initially so disliked that it got moved to the outskirts of town a few months after installation.

It's beautiful, it's haunted and its claim to fame is that it's the oldest existing stone arch bridge in Australia.

A timber wharf that contributed to Echuca becoming the largest inland port in 19th-century Australia.

Australia's oldest artists' colony.

An animatronic tribute to a legendary half-man, half-fish creature.

These 400 million-year-old caves feature honeycomb limestone formations.

A simple tribute to the migrant workers who landed here before walking hundreds of miles to Victoria's gold mines.

A totally unique, animatronic depiction of the Australian gunslinger's last stand.

A unique underground car park that has become a popular filming location.

Bomb tests and sheep ranchers share the world's largest military land base.

You can climb to the top of the world's largest rocking horse.

More than 100 colorful residents stand post in this seaside Australian city.

The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on a hot December day under a distinctively arched gum tree.

The gigantic preserved heart of a champion racehorse.

Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.