Places Talbot von Sregor Wants to Go

This lonely metal cross may hint at the true location of a medieval showdown between Christian and Pagan kingdoms.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

This picturesque lighthouse at the edge of the Irish Sea looks like a giant stone pencil.

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

The unusually large seat sits atop the base of a ruined temple.

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.

A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

Not actually a shop, but one fan's passionate show of support for a rival county's Gaelic football team.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Local legend says there's treasure hidden within its crowded graveyard.

The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.