This lighthouse was crafted as penitence for the theft of wine bound for a monastery.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.

Denmark’s never-ending bridge.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

A cuddly version of a dark mythological creature now acts as the mascot of a town.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

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

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

Twice a year, this floating library delivers thousands of books to the remote islands of Stockholm’s archipelago.