The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

World's largest working waterwheel has been around for over 150 years.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A quirky "castle" formerly belonging to a famous British inventor.

These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.