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Mesolithic rock painting of a honey hunter harvesting honey and wax from a bees nest in a tree. (Dating around 8000 to 6000 BC)

Man of Bicorp Cave Painting

This ancient rock painting is the oldest evidence of humans’ love affair with honey.

Interior cave walkway

Iwaizumi, Japan

Ryūsendō Cave

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

Hospital Cave, rear entrance

Trân Châu, Vietnam

Hospital Cave

This cavern was used as a hidden hospital and safe house during the Vietnam War.

via Julia Augustus at the Balzi-Rossi caves in Grimaldi

Grimaldi, Italy

Cavillon Cave at Grimaldi

A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.

Graceful remnants of ancient cedar trunk

Uozu-shi, Japan

Buried Forest Museum

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

Budapest, Hungary

Panoptikum Budapest

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

Winnats Pass

Hope Valley, England

Winnats Pass

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

Bolivia's Witch Market

La Paz, Bolivia

Bolivia's Witch Market

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

The Edicule.

Found: The Original Walls of the Cave Where Jesus Was Buried

The walls, enclosed in a marble structure, were thought to have fallen long ago.

Sarah Laskow October 28, 2016

Screenshot of drone footage of Celtic Cross in Donegal Forest.

Killea, Ireland

Secret Celtic Tree Cross

A massive Celtic cross secretly growing in an Irish forest.

Ochtiná, Slovakia

Ochtinska Aragonite Cave

An unusual cave filled with rare alien-looking aragonite formations.

The aptly named Giant Rock.

Landers, California

Giant Rock

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Yakushima, Japan

Shiratani Unsuikyo Ravine

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

Selçuk, Turkey

Yedi Uyurlar Mağarası (Cave of the Seven Sleepers)

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

Inside Ali Sadr Cave.

Ali Sadr Cave

This vast, water-filled underground labyrinth can only be toured by boat.

The dugouts in July 2010, before they were destroyed

Dugout Dick Memorial

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

Human Skeletons in Skeleton Lake in Roopkund

Skeletons of Roopkund Lake

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Permanently Closed

Peninsula, Ohio

Helltown, Ohio

The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.