Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

The country home of world-famous designer, writer, and artist extraordinaire, William Morris.

A traveling Bronze Age sacrificial stone that was used to honor elves, fairies, and other woodland spirits.

Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.

This captivating Bronze Age timber circle spent centuries concealed by the tides.

The church is gone, but the graves and legends remain.

A striped 12th-century basilica sits in the countryside of Sardinia.

This rare and ancient Christian relic is one of Ireland’s oldest freestanding stone crosses.

The smallest port in France is named after the pirate who created it.

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

This seventh-century fortification marked the western border of the Lombard duchy of Spoleto.

A story of cutlasses carelessly carving a celibate centenarian's cemetery stone.

A legendary ghostly hound supposedly left dark marks on a place of worship.

According to legend, a noble knight and a terrible dragon lie beneath this storied hill.

One of the four sanctuaries of Rieti's Holy Valley was the site of the first living nativity scene.

This townhouse was once the original home of the Scottish Football Association.

A hunched figure depicted on the signs honors a local gentleman who died on an Antarctic expedition.

Three large boulders covered in mysterious carvings and graffiti.

This medieval mountain town is also known as the "Village of Streams."