One man's labor of love, Amman's oldest home has become a time capsule with its doors permanently open to artists and guests.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

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

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.

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

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

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

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.