Ards, Northern Ireland
Saint Cooey's Well
Legend says the water within these mysterious sacred springs stays cold even when boiled.
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Ards, Northern Ireland
Legend says the water within these mysterious sacred springs stays cold even when boiled.
Ballymena, Northern Ireland
A brisk climb up this solitary peak leads to the origin story of a towering figure in Irish history.
Trethevy, England
A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.
Kerry, Ireland
A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.
Kerry, Ireland
Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.
North Berwick, Scotland
This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.
Craighat, Scotland
A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.
Wicklow, Ireland
This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.
Kerry, Ireland
An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.
Athenry, Ireland
Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.
Kerry, Ireland
An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.
County Donegal, Ireland
You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.
Corofin, Ireland
A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.
Ireland
Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.
Inisheer, Ireland
A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.
Glenslane, Ireland
This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.
London, England
An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.
Seville, Spain
Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.
Zurich, Switzerland
One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.
Neuheim, Switzerland
These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Bourg-en-Lavaux, Switzerland
Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.
Lausanne, Switzerland
A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.