A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

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

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

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

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

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

The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.

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

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

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

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

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

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

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

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.