Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

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

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

An amazing collection of curiosities hidden in a small Welsh village.

A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.

This lighthouse was crafted as penitence for the theft of wine bound for a monastery.