These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

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

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

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

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

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."

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

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.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

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

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

Various forms of phallic art decorate this hill in commemoration of legendary local tragedy.