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A Neolithic burial tomb connected with a colorful array of legends.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

A strangely curved lamppost stands tall over this avenue in Rotterdam.

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

This charming pup is meant to celebrate the youth and stubbornness of the city's students.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

A wooden statue of an Estonian pagan god and King of the Setos stands atop a sacred hill.

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.