Half a century after it was abandoned, this ghost town is coming back to life.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

A bizarre sculpture garden in the south of France.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

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

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.