Places Charles WV Wants to Go

The remains of a majestic house that was once stood in the crosshairs of the Irish Republican Army.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

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

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

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

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

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

At the time of its construction, this hydroelectric power plant was the largest in the world.

The largest stone circle in Ireland.

The remains of a 13th-century Franciscan friary have survived multiple attempts at destruction, most recently in 1921.

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

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

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

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.

Ireland's only cable car once carried livestock across a treacherous strait.

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

The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.

A stunning medieval castle owned and restored by the famed actor Jeremy Irons.

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.

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.