A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.

The decaying remains of a 1960s mechanical wonderland that never officially closed.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

A field of whimsical floats, where all of your favorite childhood stories have been put out to pasture.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

This slightly spooky yet nostalgic theme park claims to be the first of its kind in Australia.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

A series of concentric circles represented a bold new experiment in socialist urban planning, and it notoriously difficult to get around.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

The highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore looks like a series of undulating waves rising between two public parks.

This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.