A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.

A giant gorilla made of used car tires used to sit sentinel over a Helsinki college campus.

Over 9,000 brains collected between 1945 and 1982 demonstrate the results of untreated mental illness.

A failed attempt to control drifting sands yielded a gnarled sylvan wonderland.

From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.

The decaying remains of a 1960s mechanical wonderland that never officially closed.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

This Danish castle is supposedly haunted by a woman too independent to not be a witch.

Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.

The greatest amusement park in the world is wall-to-wall farting dogs, puking rats, and cows with exposed breasts for the whole family.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

This ultra-modern wooden boardwalk turns the ocean into a swimming pool.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.