In the Netherlands, one of the world's largest private car collections can be found.

This enormous sardine in the Segura River pays tribute to an annual post-Lent tradition.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

Seventeen members of the local royal family are interred in this Baroque church in northern Germany.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

This unique bridge physically lifts a piece of the road into the air to let boats pass by.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

Found in the waddenzee, this propeller has been put on public display as a reminder of the Second World War.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

Nestled in the woods lies this land art project: a hybrid between park, maze and natural monument.

An open-air museum exhibiting a total of 52 century-old buildings, recreating Hokkaido’s “pioneer village.”

This abandoned railroad got a new life as a scenic promenade cutting through the city of Otaru.

A nouveau-riche hilltop “palace” that once provided lodging to more than a hundred fishermen.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Learn about the indigenous people of Japan's northernmost islands.