On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

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

See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.

Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.

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

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

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

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

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

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

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

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

Modern sundial uses ancient methods to tell time and date perfectly.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

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

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

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

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

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

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

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