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

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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

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

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

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

After a traumatic encounter with a six-foot eel, one Galway baker started making a daily loaf of sourdough in its shape.

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

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

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.