When the tide is high, you can see the Atlantic pushing up through a deep, jagged hole in the rock.

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

A serendipitous meeting between a South American revolutionary and a local barman resulted in an iconic image of 20th-century art.

A small memorial commemorates a man who died at Kilkee Cliffs.

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

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

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

An amazing model of a whale's jaw bone pays homage to the region's seafaring traditions.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

On this small spit of land, the person who runs the public house is considered the King of Piel Island.

A modern museum built within a Victorian dry dock charts the history of the industrial town.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

This roadside monument commemorates the huge weapon built by an Ethiopian emperor's hostages.

Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

The fictional birthplace of the Chief Engineer aboard the Starship Enterprise.

Scotland is filled with standing stones that date back hundreds or thousands of years. This is not one of them.

An extended zoological collection that doubles as a time capsule.

Up on the iconic Tsutenkaku Tower sits an American mascot that became Osaka’s own lucky god.