This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.