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This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.

These Neolithic burial mounds and a still-intact passage tomb may have solar calendar significance on the spring and autumn equinoxes.

“Ireland’s only inland lighthouse” is not actually a lighthouse at all.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large park in Dublin.

After it was swallowed by a Georgian mansion, this medieval castle remained forgotten for centuries.

A tiny island off the coast of Dublin was once a pilgrimage site for the sick and the suffering.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.