Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.