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

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The oldest public library in Ireland.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

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

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.

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

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