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This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.