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The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

An eclectic sculpture park rises atop a giant pile of ashes in Sweden.

A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.

A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

FIFA deemed this isolated field one of the most remarkable places to play the sport.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.