São Miguel, Portugal
Chapel of Nossa Senhora das Vitórias
This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.
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São Miguel, Portugal
This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.
Hoek van Holland, Netherlands
This enormous storm barrier is one of the largest moving structures on Earth, with each arm taller than the Washington Monument.
Rochester, New York
A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.
Puerto de Mazarrón, Spain
Abandoned tunnels dug for the once-thriving sea salt industry on the coast of southern Spain.
Andros, Greece
Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.
Tropea, Italy
A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Southgate, Michigan
The world's largest commercially available hamburger is complete with 15 pounds of lettuce, 30 pounds of bacon, and 36 pounds of cheese.
Esperança, Portugal
You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.
Chillingham, England
This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.
Fountain City, Wisconsin
This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.
Deline, Northwest Territories
Locals believe the purity of this huge, untouched Arctic lake could be the salvation of human civilization.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.
Lhasa, Tibet
This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.
San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Mexico
This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.
Bielefeld, Germany
According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.
Barcelona, Spain
Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.
Donaueschingen, Germany
The great Danube river starts here.
Provincia de Bongará, Peru
One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.
Cartagena, Spain
An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.
Jersey
A passage grave used in neolithic rituals.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.