The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

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

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

You can climb to the top of the column built to honor the "father of British inland navigation."

Model aircraft soar over 360-degree views of the countryside at the start of England's oldest road.

This windmill is believed to be the oldest in the British Isles.

The site of the notorious Great Train Robbery of £2.6 million, one of the biggest heists in English history.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).