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There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

The religious shrine that Pablo Escobar's men would allegedly visit before completing a mission.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

The world's first underwater farm is home to more than 700 plants.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.

An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

Images of neighbors past and present guard the streets of this charming alpine village.

Beautifully carved tombstones fill this unmarked graveyard, uniquely situated near the village's famous stone wine cellars.

This Tuscan church contains a gallery of over 700 ex-votos depicting near-death experiences.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

A charming Spanish village sits atop this natural limestone overpass.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.