Wicklow, Ireland
The Round Tower of Glendalough
This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.
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Wicklow, Ireland
This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.
San Francisco, California
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.
Oistins, Barbados
A Barbados crypt where it's said that the coffins refuse to stay put.
Jayuya, Puerto Rico
This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.
Northwest Territories
A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.
Tokyo, Japan
If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.
London, England
The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.
Malvern, Pennsylvania
The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.
Leek, England
This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.
Jeongseon, South Korea
This former coal mine has been turned into a sprawling modern art complex.
Berlin, Germany
The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.
Sveti Stefan, Montenegro
This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.
London, England
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
Sylva, North Carolina
The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.
Turner, Oregon
This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Barcelona, Spain
This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.
Puno, Peru
On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.
Marblemount, Washington
This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.
Bellvei, Spain
Hidden well off the beaten path in Catalonia is this crumbling medieval castle that is slowly being covered in graffiti.
Dundalk, Maryland
This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.