This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

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

A rampant horde of demons smirk and snarl at visitors to this church, home to a rare complete set of medieval-era stained glass windows.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.

The "father of immunology" used this humble hut to offer the local people some of the world's first free vaccinations.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

The scene of the United Kingdom's most famous UFO incident, dubbed the "British Roswell."

A witch wreaks ruinous revenge on this ancient church with her "enchanted leg."

In the quiet village of Fulmodestion, the ruins of a medieval church remain hidden among vines and foliage.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

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

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

The history and future of cannabis.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.