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The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

Celebrated example of Ottoman architecture that also served as a site for brutal massacres.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.