There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Oliver Cromwell once seized the land under this house, which included the ruins of a medieval abbey that the owner used to build his stately home.

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

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

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

A complicated, forgotten beacon of hope for thousands of immigrants, "Canada's Emerald Isle" lies in ruin.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.