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The many islands of Clew Bay offer innumerable hiding spots, making it an ideal location for pirates.
Grace O’Malley’s exploits on the stormy seas off Western Ireland made her an Irish legend.
A stone wall accents a bucolic Burren landscape near Kilfenora.
At an altitude of 13,000 feet, the silver mining city of Potosí was considered the world’s largest industrial complex in the 16th century, and Spain’s major colonial-era supplier of silver. In addition to the mines—which are still in use today—the city is known for its unique Andean Baroque architecture, intricate aqueduct system, and artificial lakes. In 2014 the site was added to the “in danger” list after ongoing concerns over degradation of the site related to mining operations.
The Mistaya River rushes through the Mistaya Canyon in Alberta, Canada.
Mountains rise behind Peyto Lake in Banff National Park.
Built on a steep-sided, double-peaked rock seven miles off the coast of County Kerry, the monastery on Skellig Michael illustrates the extremes of early Christian devotion and discipline. Monks occupied the island from possibly the 6th century through the 13th century, building narrow stone terraces some 500 feet above the sea for their beehive huts, oratories, and gardens, with channels and cisterns to capture rainwater. The extensive stonework, including several sets of near-vertical stairs, served penitential and practical purposes. On the South Peak, a devotional route required monks to rock climb in order to visit a series of prayer stations on ledges before reaching their destination—a tall, cross-inscribed stone on a rock spit about 700 feet above the sea, reached by a death-defying walk for absolution. It’s no wonder that Skellig Michael is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It’s also a bird-watching destination due to a large puffin colony. To this day it’s not easy to get to Skellig Michael as boats can only land when the seas are calm. Boats run from Ballinskelligs and Portmagee; there’s a visitor center on Valentia Island.
