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Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.