This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.

A 142-foot-tall Q-tip on Bristol's skyline.

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.