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Sorcerer's cottage

Hólmavík, Iceland

The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Scarecrow in Mayong

Mayang, India

Mayong - The Land of Black Magic

The Indian capital of black magic and witchcraft.

Teufelskanzel & Hexenaltar

Sankt Andreasberg, Germany

Teufelskanzel & Hexenaltar

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

Bolivia's Witch Market

La Paz, Bolivia

Bolivia's Witch Market

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

The Witchery

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Witchery

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

Carreró de les Bruixes (Alley of Witches)

Cervera, Spain

Carreró de les Bruixes (Alley of Witches)

A signal indicates the entrance to this alley, rumored to be a meeting place for witches.

The Jefferson Pools

Warm Springs, Virginia

Warm Springs Pools

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

Huacachina

Ica, Peru

Huacachina

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

The waterfall

As-Sabikah, Tunisia

Chebika Oasis

A gem in the middle of the desert that looks like it came straight from a fairytale.

Gaiola Island

Naples, Italy

Gaiola Island

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

Getting out of the Devil's pool. The other exit is to climb up the rocks to the viewer's left.

Victoria Falls, Zambia

Devil's Swimming Pool

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

Iwakiyama Shrine, Hirosaki.

Hirosaki, Japan

Iwakiyama Shrine

An atmospheric shrine of mountain worship that is home to a number of curious folk tales.

The bridge

Setana, Japan

Ota Shrine

Reaching Japan’s “most dangerous shrine” means climbing a vertical cliff.

Main Chapel

Juneau, Alaska

Shrine of Saint Thérèse

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

Tōno is known for its kappa folklore.

Tōno City, Japan

Kappabuchi Pool

Visitors are encouraged to fish for water goblins at this haunted pool.

Japanese Fishing Shrine, Umi Mamori Jizo

Honolulu, Hawaii

Japanese Fishing Shrine (Umi Mamori Jizo)

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

Kekova Island Sunken Ruins

Kaleüçağız Köyü, Turkey

Kekova Island Sunken Ruins

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

Marobo Hot Springs.

Timor-Leste

Marobo Hot Springs

No one is quite sure of the origins of these idyllic natural hot springs at an abandoned mountain resort.

The Blue Lake.
Permanently Closed

Fairbourne, Wales

The Blue Lake

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

Emerald Valley

Piti, Guam

Emerald Valley

A beautiful waterway tucked in the corner of a power plant.

Beware of the spectral cowboy.

Ashland, Kansas

St. Jacob's Well

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

The Pozo de Yanayacu in Chachapoyas

Chachapoyas, Peru

Pozo de Yanayacu

This well held a sacred source of water supposedly unleashed from the barren rocks by a wizard-like archbishop.

You may seek a cure from waters pure, that flow deep in Cooey's Wells.

Ards, Northern Ireland

Saint Cooey's Well

Legend says the water within these mysterious sacred springs stays cold even when boiled.

The outside of the spring

Glastonbury, England

The White Spring

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

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