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After public executions took place at this location, attendants would also attend a local horse race.

A modern mini-Stonehenge is hidden in a public reserve, not far from a former Viking stronghold.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

A story of cutlasses carelessly carving a celibate centenarian's cemetery stone.

This gravestone and its inscription inspired a movement that has spanned generations and saved countless lives.

An 18th-century estate owner thought these cottages were an eyesore, so he artfully disguised them as a church.

This lighthouse was crafted as penitence for the theft of wine bound for a monastery.

It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.

A legendary ghostly hound supposedly left dark marks on a place of worship.

Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

The incredible private taxidermy collection of an eccentric zoologist.

The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.

This crumbling 14th century chapel became so unstable the roofing apparently collapsed during a wedding ceremony, narrowly missing the curate's head.

These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.

A 19th century grave house with a unique message formed by the stone supports to the railing around the walls.

A reportedly haunted 14th-century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”

This ancient Bedfordshire church was abandoned when the village's population slowly began migrating to new towns.

There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.