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A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power—an attraction in itself.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

The burial place of 14 of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising.

A former fortified tower now houses a collection of classic communications equipment.

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.

A teddy bear sits on a chair watching the sunset from the mountaintop—just as the late Dan Clancy had done since childhood.

Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.

Catholics make up 84% of Ireland's population but this Dublin museum remembers the small but important Jewish community.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

The oldest public library in Ireland.