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

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

Partially collapsed lava tube and cave system complete with concert hall, underground pond, and unique albino crabs.

A Moroccan getaway in the mountain range that plays the Himalayas' stunt double.

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Come stay at a live-in art installation.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

This annual Belgian water race attracts bathtub captains from all over the world.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.