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

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

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

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

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

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

Tiny silver and copper fish set inside blue-green lights are like windows to the underwater world.

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

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

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

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

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

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

One of Ireland's best-preserved chambered cairns can be found next to a wishing tree.

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

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

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.

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

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.