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Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

This museum is dedicated solely to this millennia-old handheld cooling device.

This museum explores iconic buildings and the cultural heritage of Malaysia in miniature form.

Legend has it that any woman who kissed this statue would soon be married.

Dedicated to the first German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, this aging edifice is the only one of its kind in the Americas.

A massive display of meteorites all found in the Atacama Desert.

The Chilean mountain is freckled with (relatively) small European telescopes.

The gorgeous murals at this open-air museum form the largest street art collective in Chile.

One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.