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It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

Discovered after draining a local pond, these ancient man-made caves are still a complete mystery.

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.

A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.

Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

The rocky occasional overnight accommodations of a Connecticut folk legend.

The genteel home of a charming thief who fooled a town, and almost cheated death.

All that remains of a vanished Michigan lumber town, remembered for tragedy, plague, and a witch’s curse.

According to legend, the Devil left a footprint behind after an epic showdown with a traveling priest.

A pocket of pine forests, healing lakes, and legendary rocks rising from Kazakhstan’s endless steppe.

A snapshot of Scottish folklore and magical heritage.

This bellfry was once said to be the Devil’s lair—or perhaps the home of a mischievous gnome?

This mermaid sculpture commemorates a Galician legend and an annual trial.

Legend says an angry old witch’s hair ribbon turned to stone, now streaked across the rock she threw at the church.

An ancient oak forest where, legend has it, a wedding party was magically transformed into trees.

A bronze statue commemorating the legend of a hellhound haunting the village of De Lutte.

Dioramas retell the obscure local legends and ghost stories of Sharjah, from a living palm tree to a headless camel.