The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

Terrapins of all colors and shapes are quick to bring fascination (and possibly long life) at this museum.

A theme park made of glass, from the gleaming books on the shelves to the crystal fish in the mirror lake.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

The remains of a historic kiln once used to produce the famous Rockingham porcelain.

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."