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A reproduction of a mysteriously preserved body found in the 18th-century and put on display for years before burial.

This 2,000-year-old stone maze is one of the oldest in the country, but its purpose is still a mystery.

This patch of land is home to Sweden's largest burial mound, allegedly belonging to a mythical king.

A 12th-century church with a medieval fresco and an intriguing “Greek runestone.”

The ruins of a monastery where Saint Bridget of Sweden had her revelations recorded.

Preserved 19th-century lime kilns sit in southern Sweden.

These Bronze Age rock carvings are among the oldest in the region.

These two springs are tied to several legends, one of which involves the travels of Saint Olof.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

For decades, these ships have been lying in rust awaiting a final decision on their fate.

Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

This antique shop offers affordable 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics salvaged from a local shipwreck.

Inside Crosswicks Creek Park resides an estate chronicling 200 years of history.

All that remains of a 17th-century hamlet is a sprawling non-denominational cemetery.

Inside this 150-year-old barn turned antique shop is a vast array of items for curios hunters.

Grand architectural relics gain a new life in this Pennsylvania warehouse.

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

This historic Georgian mansion contains a hidden room that was used to harbor a fugitive in the days of the Underground Railroad.

One of the oldest surviving bars in the United States, located at the site of the last skirmish of the American Revolution.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

The hidden ruins of an old hydroelectric plant reclaimed by nature.