Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

The ruins of a sixth-century monastery sit on the banks of the River Shannon.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

Ireland's only German military cemetery holds the remains of a spy who was moved there under the cover of darkness.

A former fortified tower now houses a collection of classic communications equipment.

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

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

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

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

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

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

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.