Magic/Mythology

28 Places

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Witches' Well

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

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Highland, Scotland

Clootie Well

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

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Foyers, Scotland

Boleskine House

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

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Burghead, Scotland

The Burning of the Clavie

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

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Tintagel, England

Tintagel Castle

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

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Ioannina, Greece

Drakolimni

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

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Hekla

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

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Hólmavík, Iceland

The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Raufarhöfn, Iceland

The Arctic Henge

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

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Cornwall, England

St. Nectan's Kieve

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

Drangurinn Rock

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

Cornwall, England

St. Nectan's Kieve

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

Norfolk, England

The Devil's Punchbowl

A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.

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Carezza Rainbow Lake

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

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Bowerman's Nose

The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.

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East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Rudston Monolith

Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.

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Aberfoyle, Scotland

Doon Hill and Fairy Knowe

This enchanting hill is home to fairy lore and a sinister local mystery.

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Stanton Lees, England

Nine Ladies Stone Circle

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

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Blankenburg (Harz), Germany

Teufelsmauer (The Devil's Wall)

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

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Newgrange

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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Dunino, Scotland

Dunino Den

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

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Glastonbury, England

Glastonbury

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Glastonbury, England

The White Spring

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

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Bath and North East Somerset, England

Stanton Drew Stone Circles

One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.

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Çanakkale, Turkey

Troy

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

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The Oracle of Delphi

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

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The Mithraeum at Circus Maximus

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

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