This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

A magnificent Victorian garden that brings the charm and style of old-time aristocracy to the 21st century public.

A 16th-century footpath said to be haunted by a young girl that died trapped within its misshapen old house.

A lavish Victorian mansion wound up inheriting a gruesome reputation that would be its demise.

A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.

The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.