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This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships.

This German art chapel is perfect for those who like their worship hard, modern, and utterly alien.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

The world's "leaniest" tower encourages you to test the gravity of its situation.

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.