Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

A genuine Little Shop of Horrors.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

A little known pile of scraps and plaques mark the grave of a downed RAF bomber.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

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

A 12th century church completely covered in shells.

This abandoned naval battery stood at the ready as recently as the 1980s.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.