Rocks that Used to be People

Legends say this red sandstone monolith and the dozens of smaller boulders that surround it were once a coven of witches—before a Scottish wizard turned them all to stone.

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

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

On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.

Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

Two massive boulders, rocking back and forth with the ebbing of the sea.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

Legend says this rock spire is the finger of a witch who wanted to throw the Faroe Islands towards Iceland.

According to a local legend, this peculiar mountaintop rock formation is actually a demon that was turned into stone.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

An unmistakable facial pareidolia in the Julian Alps also includes a fantastic tale.

The second largest monolith in the world was once betrayed by its lover, Ben Aicha.

Legend has it these two stones are petrified trolls.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.