This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

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

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

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

The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.

Stone Age solar temple is aligned with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.