There's a place in the world so full of strange and incredible basalt columns next to crashing ocean waves that it looks like ...

The Giant’s Causeway is comprised of around 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns. The basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway. | Wolfgang Kaehler/GettyImages.

In 2024, the Giant’s Causeway, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, received more than 684,000 visitors, with many leaving coins in the gaps between its estimated 40,000 columns.

The formation event behind Northern Ireland’s world-famous Giant’s Causeway may have taken just a few days rather than thousands of years, according to a new theory.

In a recent statement, the conservation charity National Trust is appealing to visitors to stop wedging coins between the Giant’s Causeway’s basalt rock columns.The coins are corroding and ...

The National Trust protects and cares for more than 40,000 columns at the Giant’s Causeway, which is Northern Ireland’s first Unesco World Heritage Site and also benefits from a number of ...

In 1986, the Giant's Causeway was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, recognizing its geological significance and its contribution to our understanding of Earth's natural processes.

The Giant's Causeway has faced many threats to its survival, from mythical fights between giants to coastal erosion and rising sea levels. Now there's a new problem. At first, you don't notice ...

The "breathtaking" Giant's Causeway has been awarded a £3 million grant to help create new facilities for visitors, the Heritage Lottery Fund announced on Friday.

Giant's Causeway takes up about four miles of the coast of Northern Ireland. About 40,000 stone pillars make up the tourist attraction, and these pillars typically include five to seven sides.

In 2024, the Giant’s Causeway, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, received more than 684,000 visitors, with many leaving coins in the gaps between its estimated 40,000 columns.