The house where the writer spent his formative years.

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

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

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

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

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

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

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

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

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

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

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

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

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

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.