Italy
Carezza Rainbow Lake
According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
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Italy
According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
Romeno, Italy
A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.
Bozen, Italy
Inspired by the more famous Scrovegni Chapel, Cappella di San Giovanni contains several amazing frescoes.
Bolzano, Italy
The first passenger cable car in the world.
Tirolo, Italy
These unique "earth pyramid" clay columns can be found in ravines around the village of Tirolo.
Fratta Polesine, Italy
This house tells the story of Mussolini's most outspoken critic and of Italy's turbulent 1920s.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.
Glenreagh, Ireland
It's said this geological anomaly was caused when the Devil took a bite out of the Irish mountainside.
Limerick, Ireland
A cynical face-off exposing the cost of war.
Adare, Ireland
An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.
Kilkenny, Ireland
The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.
Kilkenny, Ireland
A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.
Béal na Bláth, Ireland
A gated cross stands on the site where an Irish revolutionary met his end.
Kilkenny, Ireland
These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.
Kilbrittain, Ireland
The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.
Cashel, Ireland
The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.
Snugborough, Ireland
A Neolithic passage tomb said to have sheltered two legendary Irish lovers.
Cork, Ireland
This 19th-century prison once held Irish revolutionary Constance Markievicz, writer Frank O’Connor, and a nine-year-old pickpocket.
Cork, Ireland
An important landmark in the history of algebraic logic.
Cork, Ireland
Both Catholic and Protestant graves dot this 17th-century burial ground.
Riverview, Ireland
The remains of a 13th-century Franciscan friary have survived multiple attempts at destruction, most recently in 1921.
Cork, Ireland
A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.
Kilkenny, Ireland
Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.
Waterford, Ireland
Impressive mining ruins overlook a spectacular view of Ireland's Copper Coast.