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

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

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

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

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

This military tunnel dates back to World War II and provides visitors with a little wartime adrenaline.

This beautiful Croatian fortress is haunted by legends of forbidden love.

Colorful concentric circles honor a small Croatian town's supposed spot at the nucleus of it all.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.

This heart-shaped island looks substantially less lovely after a recent bulldozing project.

Island wonderland for communist autocrats.

Built as an anti-fascist tribute, this surreal Yugoslav memorial became an unwelcome symbol after the Croatian war for independence.

A forgotten monument to Yugoslavian freedom.

This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.