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The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

Local lore says passing infants through its holes could magically cure them of measles and rickets.

This elaborate hole in the ground was built as a sacred site for an ancient civilization.

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.

Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.

Every spring, locals see the shadowy figures of a ghost army of slain Greek soldiers descend upon this ruined fort.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

This castle ruin in the middle of nowhere is a gem for wildlife enthusiasts.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

A pre-Hispanic pyramid in the middle of a tourist district in the Canary Islands.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.