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Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.

An ornate tomb pays tribute to one of the most influential and cherished military leaders in Vietnam's history.

A remote landmark named for a whimsical photograph taken by a 1850s photographer and his crew of graffiti artists.

Where British troops serving on the remote islands paid tribute to their faraway hometowns.

A painted tribute to an ancient Egyptian king lurks along a stretch of Scottish shore.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

Local legend says this unusual chimney is actually a broken-hearted man's tomb.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.

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

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

Known locally as the Jungfrutornet, this Medieval tower hides a dark legend.

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

Legend has it that this large rock maze in Sweden was created as punishment by the daughter of a wealthy captain.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.