The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

The highest peak in Northern Ireland is topped with a stone tower and haunting burial mounds.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

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

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

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

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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."

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

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

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.

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

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

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

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

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

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

This Italian-style temple replica has been threatening to fall off the Irish coast for hundreds of years.