26 Real Places That Look Like They’ve Been Taken Out Of Fairy Tales

Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany. As a way to seek refuge and withdraw from public life, Ludwig II of Bavaria built this extravagant castle in 1868. Seven weeks after his death in 1886, the structure was opened to the paying public and has since become one of the most visited castles in Europe. Neuschwanstein is also the inspiration for the Sleeping Beauty castle in Disneyland, so it’s clearly magical!

AP PHOTOS: Kimono-clad foreigners get a taste of old Tokyo

In this Aug. 1, 2015 photo, Nyrul Ain binti Ahmad Danial of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, right, tries authentic green tea for the first time with other participants during a Japanese tea ceremony at the Kyu Yasuda Garden in Tokyo. With some help from Japanese volunteers, more than 80 foreigners from around the world, including the United States, Russia and Malaysia, donned casual summer kimonos called “yukata” for a stroll around old Tokyo earlier this month. Originally part of a samurai residence in the 1600's, the garden, which is now free of admission, was donated by the Yasuda family, to the city of Tokyo in 1922. 

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Madonna poses at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 14, 1984 in New York's Radio City Music Hall. The singer was nominated "Best New Artist" in video.  

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Luis Enrique Tuanama, 17, rests while climbing the Cerro de Saraja , a mountain of sand, in Ica, Peru, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. 

Famous left handers (Left Hander's Day is Aug. 13)

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10 famous left handers (Left Hander's Day is Aug. 13)

Being left handed used to be a crux. Only 10 percent of humans are naturally left handed and it is more difficult to find items designed for left handers. Despite the challenges of being left handed, many of America's most popular people are lefties. Here is a list of 10 famous southpaws. 

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Asia

In this Aug. 7, 2015 photo, a relative of a passenger aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that went missing on March 8, 2014, is carried away by policemen as she and other family members kneel down and cry in front of the media during a protest near the Malaysian embassy in Beijing. Malaysia was intensely criticized early in the Flight 370 mystery for failing to quickly to disclose that its military radar had picked up an unidentified aircraft the night the Boeing 777 disappeared. Now its reticence has given way to what looks like haste compared to other countries involved, at least, and that has left relatives of the missing as exasperated as ever. 

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Michal Navratil of the Czech Republic competes during the men's 27 meter high dive final at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015.