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A prison tower–like edifice honoring a beloved local benefactor.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

These ancient pecked images are among the oldest and best-preserved in Mongolia.

According to the legend, this structure was built in a single night with the help of the devil.

Deep below the dry landscape of Bahia, a cave with intense blue water to float in.

The ruins of this Roman temple dominate the small city in southern Lazio.

This seventh-century fortification marked the western border of the Lombard duchy of Spoleto.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

A striped 12th-century basilica sits in the countryside of Sardinia.

Constructed during the 1960s, this bridge is still the highest in Italy.

Despite dreams of constructing this fairytale mansion, Albert Gotthard Nestor Cedergren never saw its completion.

The world's biggest version of the popular Swedish souvenir.

This fountain tucked away in a park is the focal point of the only "Green Basilica" in Germany.

An old, deep well, connected with a miraculous, divine rescue and the patron saint of Madrid.

An oil drilling mistake created this fountain that has been spraying water for over 150 years.

In this desolate valley resides a gorgeous set of rocks sporting a technicolor design.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

Reputedly based on the tomb of Jesus Christ, this crypt is the oldest surviving structure of any cathedral in England.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

The most important and best preserved remnant of West Africa's powerful Songhai Empire.

This triumphal arch is the only fully standing structure that remains from Roman-era Oea.

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.