This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

Enjoy coffee and cake while viewing antique medical equipment at this unique cafe.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.

From a distance, this statue of an eagle looks like a giant chicken on a stick.

Legend says entire herds of cattle have disappeared within this boulder-strewn landscape.

One of Australia's famed "Big Things," this giant fruit was once stolen as part of a publicity stunt.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

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

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.

This small Australian town is considered home to the "Yowie" or the Aussie Big Foot.

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.