Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

A neo-gothic statue modeled on German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, which had its distinctive mustache shaved off by Nazis in World War II.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

At the base of this tower, a plaque marks the original center point of the Netherlands.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

The largest clown school in Britain offering accredited degrees.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

This whimsical public art installation is a unique homage to Liverpool's industrial heritage.

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.