An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

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

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to the legendary King Alfred the Great.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.