Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

The tallest church in Mechelen might have been the tallest in the world if not for a lack of funds.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

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

The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.

This salt lake in South Australia features seasonal color changes and its very own loch monster.

These giant grain silo portraits capture elements of rural life in Australia.

Cooled, fractured lava formed this geometric rock feature.

Enjoy all the trappings from 1912 aboard this Titanic-themed restaurant.

A roadside hotel that you can’t stop at. 

For better or worse, this whimsical sculpture garden was a favorite place of Rupert Murdoch's.

Dedicated to a strange, local cryptid beloved by all.

This area was created to save the region's koala population.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

A series of gun powder chambers currently hidden from view within Nobbys Headland in Newcastle, Australia.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.

Kakadu National Park is known for its stunning beauty and its rock art, which represents the longest historical records of any continuous civilization on Earth.

Ships still use this historic lighthouse to navigate dangerous, island waters.

This water wheel turned to stone in a matter of decades.

Visible from both land and sea.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.