These hilltop ruins of a forgotten Buddhist monastery flourished in Antiquity from trade with the Roman Empire.

In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.

This theme park is not in Tokyo, not especially German, and certainly not a village.

This solitary convex mirror sculpture at an abandoned ferry station at the edge of a fjord reflects the scenery back at the viewer.

Explore an eerie, abandoned medieval citadel.

Housed in a 1912 architectural masterpiece, this outlet of the Golden Arches is a real beauty.

A real-life homage to the Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrell's fictional Eurovision musical duo.

An actor's tribute to a former mentor.

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

A unique sculpture park that features the works of several famed artists.

The evocative ruins of a medieval village.

Opened in 1932, this theater in Stockport's Mersey Square is a bonafide Art-Deco gem.

It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.

A centuries-old quest to create artificial life is alive and well in the French town of Limoux.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Housed in a stunning Victorian building, this museum has the largest exhibition of knives, blades, penknives, and scissors in Spain.

A German artist built a home and garden filled with whimsical art pieces, like a massive, operational volcano.

Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.

The oldest operating picture gardens in the world.

Paisley's oldest open green space contains a rather ostentatious fountain at its center.

This ”skyspace,” which bears a resemblance to a spacecraft, is designed to disappear in the presence of light.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

A gorgeous and extensive collaboration between biologists and artists, displaying skeletons and other animal remnants in lifelike poses.

A hidden gallery exhibits intricate, decades-old Buddhist reliefs.