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

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

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

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.