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Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.

A place as enchanting as the journey to reach it is harrowing.

A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

One of Hungary's most influential places of learning is also home to one of the world's most beautiful libraries.

One of the largest necropolises in the world is home to a stunning array of historic Middle Eastern tombs.

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

Neither bomb blasts nor heartbeats escape the giant ears of this super sci-fi Arctic outpost.

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.