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A Neolithic passage tomb said to have sheltered two legendary Irish lovers.

This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

This European portal tomb has a capstone that weighs around 150 tons.

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.