A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Led Zeppelin wrote some of their most iconic songs at this little 18th-century Welsh cottage.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The ruins of a 2,000-year-old Roman fishing village perched on one of the best beaches in Spain.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A 17th-century doorway in a small Sabine village is a portal into the mysteries of alchemy.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

A medieval house with mysterious alchemical inscriptions on its facade

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

A rocky shelter in the desert hides one of the largest concentrations of cave paintings in Mexico.