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Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

This hidden bridge is where local children leave gifts and messages for the island's fay folk.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

Wander among the abandoned ruins of this once-powerful medieval town.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

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

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."