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Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

Every year, massive crowds flock to this 300-year-old temple to celebrate a unique, goddess-centric Hindu festival.

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

This scenic road offers breathtaking mountain pass views and a quirky “magic road” illusion.

A well-preserved, 19th-century Irish workhouse recounts a grim time in the country’s history.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

The symbolic center of Ireland, this summit also offers panoramic views of the countryside.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

A memorial to the acting bear whose escape caused a sensation on the Outer Hebrides.

This ruins of an abandoned Victorian-era mental health facility.

A beautifully-carved Pictish stone encased in a protective glass structure.

Twice a year, this Orkney town hosts a rowdy game of medieval mob football.

A re-purposed wooden sculpture, depicting one of Scotland's most beloved writer's amphibious creations.

Every September, international competitors flock to the flooded quarries of a tiny Scottish island.

This impressive midden of scallop shells apparently all comes from a single fishing company.

After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.

A historic fortification critical to Anglo-Scottish conflicts now serves as a bed and breakfast.

The remnants of a classic 1970's British film.

An underground venue, buried for 200 years, now open as a unique whisky tasting venue.

A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.