This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

This aged paving stone, marked by a maiden's foot imprint and the tales of her plunge from the cathedral tower, serves as a memorial to a tragic local legend.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

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

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

An original apothecary from 1792.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.