This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

A winery built on the site of a Gallo-Roman estate uses historical tools to recreate ancient vintages.

A massive, gleaming sea turtle with a rider atop its shell looks out over the horizon.

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

This museum is filled with an eclectic collection of unique inventions.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

This heavily worn bas-relief was once an honored fertility symbol.

Hidden along this old street in Antwerp is a surreal monument of a bronze arm sprouting four hands.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.