This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

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

Catholics make up 84% of Ireland's population but this Dublin museum remembers the small but important Jewish community.

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

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

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

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

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

The largest portal tomb in Europe has a capstone weighing around 150 tons.

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

Oliver Cromwell once seized the land under this house, which included the ruins of a medieval abbey that the owner used to build his stately home.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

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

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

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

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

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.

This memorial to local World War II heroes is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This World War I fortress is the perfect place to catch a Montenegrin sunset.

Its frescoes depict the likeness of Marshal Tito, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels burning in hell.

This virtually windowless mass of smooth concrete is the only Catholic church in the city.