Sligo, Ireland
Medb's Cairn
This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.
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Sligo, Ireland
This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.
Inishmaan, Ireland
Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.
Galway, Ireland
An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.
Glenslane, Ireland
This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Riga, Latvia
A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.
Siġġiewi, Malta
Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.
Victoria, Malta
This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.
Greenland
The 3.8 billion-year-old rock proves that tectonic plates may have been shifting longer than we thought.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.
Havana, Cuba
Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.
Port Royal, Jamaica
Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."
Huara, Chile
One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.
Gran Sabana, Venezuela
This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.
Venezuela
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.
Binz, Germany
Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Lemgo, Germany
An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.
Wustermark, Germany
The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.