A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.

Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.

In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

This colorful and fiery mural depicts the Irish folk story of the beloved hero Cuchulain.

A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.

A Neolithic passage tomb said to have sheltered two legendary Irish lovers.

This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

Modern sundial uses ancient methods to tell time and date perfectly.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.