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This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

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

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Antiques by the Bay.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

This ancient Spanish castle sits high upon a hilltop.