A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.