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The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

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

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

The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

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

This eerie sculpture overlooks what was known as the Road of Bones under Joseph Stalin.

The Russians still use the transmitter Nazis built during World War II to communicate with submarines.

During the Soviet era, the medieval capital of Volga Bulgaria served as a substitute for Mecca.

The last stop in southeast Russia.

A curated museum of wooden sculptures inhabits this Russian home.

The largest art park on the European continent.

Is it an island or a volcano? That question probably explains why it's uninhabited.

One of the most popular attractions in the small resort town of Kabardinka.

An unused hyberbolic electricity pylon kept as architectural monument.

The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.

A "station to nowhere" marks the site of a Siberian subway project that never saw the light of day.

An enormous Soviet aircraft, the only one of its kind, stands at the deserted shore of the Caspian Sea.

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.