Here lies Hattori Hanzō, a samurai who is remembered as a legendary ninja in today’s popular culture.

This curious gravestone tells the legend of an unknown mariner's grisly murder.

At certain times in the fall and winter, the sunlight makes this natural sandstone arch glow.

A mythological Celtic beast built with thousands of colorful tiles stands guard over a historic canal junction.

Once an erosional cave, this scenic arch was lifted up above the sea's surface by an earthquake.

Remote and wild, Kinnarodden is the northernmost point of mainland Europe.

Three rare “road guardian” stelae with reliefs of the Tengu can be found in the town of Naruse.

A mining camp built around an unexpected occurrence of silver.

See the imprints of ancient trees, burned and preserved by lava.

People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.

An impressive site containing some of the earth’s rarest living fossils.

Underneath the well-known Lindenhof hides a secret cellar documenting Zurich's early history.

The mistake that launched the commercial broiler chicken industry is immortalized in the town where it took place.

Associated with Japanese folklore's most eminent sorcerer, this slab of rock is said to be both a blessing and a curse.

It may be a historic 17th-century coaching inn, but the George Inn still functions like a modern pub.

In the shadow of the Sydney Opera House, Indigenous ingredients shine.

A small cave network was discovered under a home in Xagħra, in 1924 when the owner was digging a well.

An Iron Age hill fort turned scenic nature park.

The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."

The southernmost postal office in South America.

These life-sized mosaic reptiles, crafted using ceramics from a local toilet factory, link the town's industrial heritage with its prehistoric past.

This dry lake bed was once an emergency landing strip for military and experimental aircraft.

This 500-year-old stepwell descends seven levels deep into the ground.

Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.