Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

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

An endless sea of white conical domes.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

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

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.