A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

Ancient, mysterious stone altars are hidden among wild woods in central Italy.

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

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

Tucked in Mumbai’s wealthiest neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest and most sacred sites: a temple complex believed to house the waters of the Ganges.

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.

You can only access this hermitage by crawling under a ledge suspended above an overhang.

A two-hour hike in the Orfento Valley leads to the remote ruins.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

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

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

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

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

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

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.