Meath, Ireland
Mound of the Hostages
An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.
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Meath, Ireland
An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.
Athlone, Ireland
The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.
Wicklow, Ireland
An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.
Kerry, Ireland
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
Rome, Italy
This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.
Ravenna, Italy
Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.
Turin, Italy
A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.
Naples, Italy
An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.
Rome, Italy
One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
Florence, Italy
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Chiusdino, Italy
This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Vaglia, Italy
Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Falmouth, Jamaica
Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.
Port Royal, Jamaica
Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Qesm Saint Katrin, Egypt
Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Cairo, Egypt
The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.
Georgia
Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.