Kerry, Ireland
Saint Brendan’s Well
An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.
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Kerry, Ireland
An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.
Kerry, Ireland
An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.
Kerry, Ireland
Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.
Creeragh, Ireland
A small memorial commemorates a man who died at Kilkee Cliffs.
Ross, Ireland
This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.
Carrick-On-Shannon, Ireland
The smallest chapel in Europe is a moving testament to the love between a husband and wife.
Fairbourne, Wales
A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.
Blaenau Gwent, Wales
A memorial to the British politician who spearheaded the National Health Service.
Rudbaxton, Wales
Eerily lifelike effigies stare at everyone who enters this sanctuary.
Rhayader, Wales
A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.
Milford Haven, Wales
This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.
Gwynedd, Wales
The artist David Nash planted a circle of trees in 1977.
Monmouth, Wales
The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
Port Talbot, Wales
The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.
Borth, Wales
A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.
Llangennith, Wales
A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.
Ogmore-by-Sea, Wales
This huge coastal nature reserve in Wales was a stand-in for the Arabian Peninsula in 'Lawrence of Arabia.'
Cologne, Germany
Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Bayeux, France
This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.
Galway, Ireland
A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.