This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

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

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

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

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.