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This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

These marks in Myddelton Passage aren't your run-of-the-mill vandalism, and they weren't made by your typical vandal.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

A replica memorializes the site where women were punished after the last witchcraft trial in Ireland.

These hut foundations are believed to be the residence of Romulus, founder of Rome.

These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.

This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.

Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.

A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.

This museum located in Fondi is also said to be the most haunted building in town.

This former ice house dates to the early 19th-century and featured an underground chamber.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

This unusual sculpture depicts how coins were made when minting was done by hand.

The stone that rocks no more.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

According to local folklore, this Roman sepulcher was once a throne for the Devil.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

Crossing a suspension bridge above a forest is the only way to reach this 12th-century monastery.

These two springs are tied to several legends, one of which involves the travels of Saint Olof.