Legends

An artificial hill and apparent calendric structure built in the Early Middle Ages immortalizes a legendary Polish princess.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Legend has it this 11th-century castle was paid a visit from the devil.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

Local legend has it that the first humans were created in the pools here, leaving their footprints behind in the rock.

Legend has it thieves once stashed their treasures in this crater in the Mexican desert.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

Remote, beautiful, and stigmatized, Las Hurdes is Spain's version of Appalachia.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.