A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

Thrilling and delicious complement to any dining experience.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

Lava stone structures possibly dating back to the 19th century may have been a stopping point for voyagers between ancient Egypt and the Mayan Civilization.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.