A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

An enchanting rocky island of scraggly baobabs surrounded by an ancient sea and sprawling salt pans.

Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.

Climbing to the top of the cathedral's bell tower offers sweeping views of these medieval ruins.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.