A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

The scene of the United Kingdom's most famous UFO incident, dubbed the "British Roswell."

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

People in Poland have rallied to save this unnatural desert from being reclaimed by the forest.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.