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Modernist design and funerary customs meet Spartan traditions in this one-of-a-kind graveyard.

A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.

This 400-year-old house tells a tale of witchcraft and woodwork.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

This shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary is also a tribute from a mother to her fallen son.

A tropical rainforest designed to resemble a scene from the monumental film.

This peaceful oasis appears dreamy, but it's also the site of a nightmarish legend.

Legends, sculptures, and unique tombs can be seen lurking in these connected cemeteries.

Also known as "Hell Alley," this tiny street in Imola gained its name in a bloody episode in the 16th-century.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

A local remembrance for lives lost—a poppy for each—in war more than 100 years ago.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

Τhis feline monument commemorates fallen soldiers on a field that saw many, many battles.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

One of the oldest still-working clocks in the world sits on an ancient tower.

This 1836 church, constructed by formerly enslaved people, honors a leader in Afrocentric music.

This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.

Accessible only by train, the beauty of Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park is worth the journey.

The cathedral of a controversial, conservative, schismatic sect that declared the Catholic Church heretical and founded its own succession of popes.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.