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brihead02

All I have ever wanted to do is travel and see the world. When I was ten years old, people would ask what I wanted to be when i grew up and i would reply "A traveler". Silly, huh? I am now at the point in my life where i can do that. My kids are grown, and I am financially stable enough to travel and see the world. Salut!

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The Dry Stone Walls of the Aran Islands

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

Inisheer, Ireland

MV Plassy

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Corofin, Ireland

The Burren

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

daviddoochin

Added by daviddoochin

Newgrange

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

Dublin, Ireland

The Proclamation Sculpture

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

Shannon Ohaire

Added by Shannon Ohaire

Dublin, Ireland

Kilmainham Gaol

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

Added by Queen of the Goths

Mound of the Hostages

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

Shannon Ohaire

Added by Shannon Ohaire

Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston Statue

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

LeahC

Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

Dr Pepper Museum

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Forbidden Gardens

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rocky Statue

josephwbeck

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern State Penitentiary

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Dylan

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

michelle

Added by michelle

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Added by mbison

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wanamaker Building

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

michelle

Added by michelle

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia City Hall

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

daviddoochin

Added by daviddoochin

Inishmaan, Ireland

The Island of Inishmaan

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

caitlinschneider

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