First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

Ireland's most northerly island is hauntingly beautiful. Its lighthouse was the last glimpse of home for many Irish emigrants bound for the U.S.

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

Impressive mining ruins overlook a spectacular view of Ireland's Copper Coast.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

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

The chaotic studio of one of the 20th century's most important artists has been preserved down to the dust.

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

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

The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.

A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

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

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