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An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

This ornate Weser Renaissance house was also the home of an infamous witch hunter.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

It took more than 300 years to build this church, which is home to two sacred vessels believed to hold the blood of Christ.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

An early 20th-century sanatorium, long abandoned and now being reclaimed by nature.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

A ghost village sits atop a mountain within Jordan’s largest biosphere reserve.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

The oldest working Brewery in Britain.

This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."