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

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A cave covered with bizarre stalactites of cloth.

An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.