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This moss-covered, rocky outcropping looks like a mythical beast resting in the water.

A brisk climb up this solitary peak leads to the origin story of a towering figure in Irish history.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

A centuries-old bar once frequented by Picasso, Hemingway, and Dalí.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

A riverside stone memorial dedicated to an unidentified hero.

A memorial overlooking a busy roadway is linked with the story of a 17th-century noblewoman’s legal battle for her inheritance.

A 14th-century church holds a unique monument to a German mathematician who dedicated his life to calculating the value of pi.

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

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

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

The ceiling of this shopping arcade is adorned with six trompe-l’œil artworks, including a grim funeral scene.

A real-life hidden Easter Egg in New Hampshire's capital city

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

At the site of the most dangerous crossings on the Oregon Trail, a museum explores the complex history of westward migration in America.

Local legend says a monk brought Christianity to Bornholm through his sermons in a cave inside this free-standing rock.

Carved into a towering rock mountain in Al Ula, this once served as a religious and political center in Hegra.

This mesmerizing medieval monastery-cave complex sits thousands of feet above ground overlooking a valley.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.