This bridge later moonlighted as a local jail.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

A 16th-century artillery fort built to protect England against European invasion.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.

A circle stone within a stone circle.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A medieval quay that was the Mayflower's final port of call before sailing for America.

These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

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

At this cozy bar tucked down a hidden Galway backroad, Guinness makes the Gaelic come out.

This 19th-century prison once held Irish revolutionary Constance Markievicz, writer Frank O’Connor, and a nine-year-old pickpocket.

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

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

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

A diminutive, thousand-year-old church believed to be the smallest in Ireland.

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

This World War II relic let Allied pilots know they were entering neutral airspace.

One of Ireland's best-preserved chambered cairns can be found next to a wishing tree.