Sigüés, Spain
Abandoned Village of Esco
A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.
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Sigüés, Spain
A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.
Playa Blanca, Spain
A completely underwater art museum sends a stark message about humans' impact on the environment.
Òrrius, Spain
A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.
Sant Quirze Safaja, Spain
An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.
Torrevieja, Spain
Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.
Drogheda, Ireland
This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.
Kilkenny, Ireland
These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.
Tulsk, Ireland
This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.
Galway, Ireland
The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.
Kerry, Ireland
This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.
Cork, Ireland
This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.
Clare, Ireland
A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.
Galway, Ireland
An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.
Rosscarbery, Ireland
One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.
Kerry, Ireland
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Colmar, France
A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.
Plussulien, France
This stone quarry was used to make axes and other tools more than 6,000 years ago.
Ajaccio, France
Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.
Saint-Pierre, France
These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.
Plougrescant, France
A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.
Carnoët, France
A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.