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Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.