Places dbone Wants to Go

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

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

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

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

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

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

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

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

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

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

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.