Places anatolejolly Wants to Go

This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.

A geological wonder shrouded in myth.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.

From grand battles to daily life, this Spanish museum offers a view of world history in miniature.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

For centuries, the largest Arab bathhouse in Spain was hidden under a palace.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.

After playing in this house and its gardens as a child, J.M. Barrie credited it for helping inspire the story of Peter Pan.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.