Haines Falls, New York
Kaaterskill Falls and the Bayard of Dogs
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
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Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
TepoztlĂĄn, Mexico
High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.
Namibia
A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.
Medvezhyegorsky District, Russia
Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.
Atlantic Ocean
Fascination continues to surround one of history's most infamous shipwrecks.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.
Inaccessible Island
It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.
Sligo, Ireland
A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.
Tullamore, Ireland
An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".
Kilkenny, Ireland
Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.
Rosscarbery, Ireland
One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.
Kerry, Ireland
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
Adare, Ireland
An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.
Corofin, Ireland
A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.
Galway, Ireland
A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.
Galway, Ireland
The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.
Glenslane, Ireland
This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.
Clare, Ireland
This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.
Inisheer, Ireland
A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.
Galway, Ireland
An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.
Sligo, Ireland
The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.
County Donegal, Ireland
The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.