Vaglia, Italy
The Colossus of Villa Demidoff
Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.
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Vaglia, Italy
Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.
South Andaman, India
An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.
Barnsley, England
These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.
Ravenglass, England
These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.
Mexico City, Mexico
Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.
Letanovce, Slovakia
The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.
Colares, Portugal
The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.
Inisheer, Ireland
These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.
Ballyedmonduff, Ireland
This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.
Wicklow, Ireland
This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.
Waterford, Ireland
Impressive mining ruins overlook a spectacular view of Ireland's Copper Coast.
Kilkenny, Ireland
These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.
Wicklow, Ireland
On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.
Athenry, Ireland
Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.
County Donegal, Ireland
You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.
Mayo, Ireland
Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.
Sligo, Ireland
The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.
Kilkenny, Ireland
A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.
Wicklow, Ireland
This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.
Galway, Ireland
A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.
Galway, Ireland
The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.
Wexford, Ireland
After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.
Clare, Ireland
This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.