On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.

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

The largest portal tomb in Europe has a capstone weighing around 150 tons.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

Oliver Cromwell once seized the land under this house, which included the ruins of a medieval abbey that the owner used to build his stately home.

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

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

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.

Step inside an ancient beehive tomb built for a mysterious cult hero.

Overlooking the harbor is a beautiful neglected mansion guarded by two Egyptian sphinxes.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.