These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

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

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

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.

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

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

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

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

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

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

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

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

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

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

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

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

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

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