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This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

Various forms of phallic art decorate this hill in commemoration of legendary local tragedy.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

Dozens of large-scale, creative, evocative curios from prominent artists dot the calm outdoor space around this major museum.

Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.

Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.

A festival where people vie to be bombarded by exploding clusters of fireworks.

This risky summer festival honors a historic volcanic eruption.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.