Cossé-le-Vivien, France
Musee Robert Tatin
A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.
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Cossé-le-Vivien, France
A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, France
The largest underground church in Europe.
Matera, Italy
A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.
Ravenna, Italy
Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.
Sandwick, Scotland
A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.
Sumburgh, Scotland
This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Birsay, Scotland
This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.
Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France
Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.
Saumur, France
A huge Megalithic chamber tomb located behind a cafe.
Dénezé-sous-Doué, France
Figures of unknown origin carved into the surfaces of underground caves.
Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies, France
Beautiful carved tunnels.
Bailleau-Armenonville, France
A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.
Panjin Shi, China
A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.
Ardino, Bulgaria
An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Alexandria, Scotland
A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.
Carnoët, France
A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.
Saint-Rivoal, France
An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.
Chedglow, England
Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.
Rustrel, France
One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.
Saint-Bernard, France
This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.