At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

The Nobel-Prize-winning author of The Stranger is buried beneath a simple gravestone in a sleepy French village.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This French "sea of rocks" is packed with stunning rock formations and its own medieval castle.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

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

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

Swedish mice can dine at the Nuts of Life restaurant or take a date to the amousement park.