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This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."

These mysterious circular formations are actually remnants of 19th century gristmills.

Legend has it this 11th-century castle was paid a visit from the devil.

The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

This small museum holds a treasure trove of ceramic figures that are either a hoax or proof of dragons, aliens, and dinosaur riders.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.