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

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

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

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

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

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

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

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

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

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

Originally built to monitor fishing, this Victorian tower now educates visitors about the local salmon industry.

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

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

A diminutive, thousand-year-old church believed to be the smallest in Ireland.

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

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

Built in 1547, these ruins lie on a rocky promontory in Ballintoy jutting into the wild ocean waters below.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

One of the largest lenses of its kind ever created, this former ship beacon has been brought down to Earth.

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.