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The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

15,000 year old bison sculptures.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

Last remaining nuclear missile base in Ukraine.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

One of the largest remaining ancient burial mounds of the 10th century.

Mine shafts and hard pastries await visitors at this massive mountain of salt.

A sinuous path among steep cliffs creates a stunning sight in southwestern Serbia.

Stone age urban planning.

Abandoned 18th century weapons factory in the Aezkoa Valley.

This narrow path was cut right into a French mountainside to feed the country's early naval expansion.

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

Production site for handmade clay bricks.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Caligula's colossal pleasure ships, discovered by Mussolini only to be lost in flames.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.