Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

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

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

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

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

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

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

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

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

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

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

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.