Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.

Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

A small village in two different countries.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.