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A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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

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

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Take a giant yellow bird cage to the top of Elba's highest mountain.

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.