This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.

12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.

Numerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and nature.

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

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

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

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

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

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

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.