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Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.