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

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

A former watering trough turned local heritage site.

This mysterious Bronze Age standing stone has become a place where couples profess their love.

A Victorian marvel of engineering is now a 21st-century tourist attraction.

The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.

Every New Year's Day, locals don gaudy costumes and dive into the frigid Firth of Forth.

A former coastal watch post has been turned into a bothy with unrivaled views of the sea and its inhabitants.

As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.

A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

A remote island holds what claims to be Scotland's smallest cinema.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.