Odiham, England
Odiham Castle
It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.
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Odiham, England
It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.
Inisheer, Ireland
These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.
Abergele, Wales
After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.
Kingussie, Scotland
These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.
Galway, Ireland
The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.
Glenslane, Ireland
This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.
Galway, Ireland
A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.
New Delhi, India
A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.
Mombasa, Kenya
This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.
Athens, Greece
The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.
Athens, Greece
The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.
Athens, Greece
This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.
Amman, Jordan
The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.
Vouliagmeni, Greece
These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.
Berlin, Germany
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
Schiphol, Netherlands
It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.
Capbreton, France
Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.
Leba, Poland
This open-air museum was originally a World War II testing ground for German missiles and rockets.
Storrington, England
An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.
Tilbury, England
This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.
Liepāja, Latvia
The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.
Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
The pits used to load the nuclear bombs onto the aircraft that dropped them over Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
Valletta, Malta
A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.