Japan’s oldest clock tower has been called one of the country’s most disappointing attractions.

The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.

An ancient well nestled at the foot of Glastonbury Tor, shrouded in Arthurian legend and revered for its purported healing waters.

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.

A subtle memorial marks where a human chain protested Soviet control in 1989.

The devil-defying mark left by a saint as a boy is visible inside Lisbon's cathedral.

On this small spit of land, the person who runs the public house is considered the King of Piel Island.

Two minuscule windows are tucked inside this medieval building.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This peaceful oasis appears dreamy, but it's also the site of a nightmarish legend.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.