Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

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

Wander among the abandoned ruins of this once-powerful medieval town.

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

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

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

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

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

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.

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

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

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

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

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

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

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.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.