Leek, England
Lud's Church
This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.
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Leek, England
This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.
Lacrouzette, France
A precariously balanced goose-shaped boulder with a dark legend.
Guyana
The world's widest single drop waterfall, and the two men who legend says went over its edge in a boat.
Atkinson, Dominica
A flower grows on this giant stone that is said be able to control minds.
Touchet, Washington
Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.
Clifton, New Jersey
Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.
South Park Township, Pennsylvania
One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
Roskilde, Denmark
According to legend, this is the burial place of a mythical three-legged death omen horse.
Easton, Massachusetts
A sign marks the location of an 18th-century sawmill allegedly owned by a wizard who employed Satanic imps.
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.
Hindhead, England
This curious gravestone tells the legend of an unknown mariner's grisly murder.
Saltergate, England
Legend says that Wade the Giant scooped up a handful of earth to throw at his wife, leaving behind this round valley.
Roskilde, Denmark
Local legend has it that the Devil's claw marks are etched into this distinctive rock.
Prague, Czechia
The statue of a cursed knight is said to come to life every 100 years.
Sønderborg, Denmark
This enchanting spring, steeped in local lore and a touch of royal history, was said to be the place where newborns were collected, rather than being delivered by storks.
Darłowo, Poland
This statue is said to bring good luck to visiting lovebirds.
Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii
The easternmost point of Hawai'i plays a prominent role in local legends and is home to a lighthouse that survived a lava flow.
Sendai, Japan
A long-forgotten homage to an eldritch, sassy spider yōkai that was once worshipped here as a god.
Prague, Czechia
According to local legend, the devil shattered this column after losing a bet.
Tunja, Colombia
This well in the former capital of Colombia's Muisca people is the setting for a steamy legend.
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Steps from the site where Robert Johnson purportedly sold his soul to the Devil, you'll find this century-old barbecue joint.