Places Atlantis Wants to Go

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

Fluffy and friendly alpacas nestled against the border of the beautiful Connemara region.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

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

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

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

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

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

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

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

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

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

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

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

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

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

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.