This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

This stunning mountain lake was named for a pair of tragic lovers whose statues stand at the center.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

Nestled within a German forest is an intriguing, growing rock.

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

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

A collection of wonderfully preserved 19th-century creatures, as well as hunting trophies seized during a police raid.

The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

This neighborhood of futuristic ball houses looks like an alien settlement in a science fiction film.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

This church looks more like a spaceship than a house of worship.

These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.