An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

Balanced on four stone pillars, this historic tower was the site of a tragic political assassination.

A little-known caravanserai hidden among farmhouses in the Turkish countryside.

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

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

Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.

One of the world's oldest continually operating bookstores.

This pub has roots dating back to 1430.

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

This moss-covered, rocky outcropping looks like a mythical beast resting in the water.

Housed in a 20th-century prison, this small museum recounts local Nicaraguan myths.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

These limestone cliffs are associated with the Greek myth of Prometheus.

A geological wonder shrouded in myth.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’s immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

Three tiny islands in a Portsmouth pond are at the center of disputed land claims from a number of competing micronations.

Considered an enigma by folklorists, an object of primitive animistic worship lives on in Yamanashi.

An off-the-beaten-path monastery in the northern hills of Ulaanbaatar.

Beautifully decorated tarot cards from the Middle Ages.