A precariously balanced goose-shaped boulder with a dark legend.

These thermal springs were once popular with residents of a nearby Roman colony.

Small French town or alien garage?

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.

The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.

This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.

This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

A massive, secret marina for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.

This statue by a foremost African sculptor presents the leader in Haiti's independence struggle as a heroic figure contemplating his fledgling nation's constitution.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

Local legend holds that if you can make it up this steep cobblestone stairway without taking a breath, you'll have wish come true.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

The home studio one of Britain's first independent record producers is also the site of a murder-suicide.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

This very ornate Victorian gateway seems completely out of place in the modern industrial city of Warrington.