The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

Abandoned ship reimagined as a street art canvas.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

This natural history collection contains the bones of a circus elephant that seem to be chasing a whale skeleton.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

The twists and turns of this serpentine maze are over 170 years old.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.