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Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

This unique, full-sized copy of the Bayeux Tapestry sports a few modern additions, including underwear.

The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

This medieval cathedral houses stained-glass windows featuring saints and pretzels.

This enigmatic artifact is a rare depiction of an ancient Iberian noblewoman.

The hometown of a beloved manga artist created a treasure hunt for his popular ghostly characters.

The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

A wooden dock art installation on Chiloé Island taps into the island's indigenous mythology.

The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.