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

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

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

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.

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

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

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

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

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

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

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.

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

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

At this unique farm, you can interact with adorable donkeys and view an ancient dolmen.

These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.

This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.

This "social palace" housing complex created a relatively stable and self-contained worker's society... for a time.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.