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This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

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

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

This European portal tomb has a capstone that weighs around 150 tons.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

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

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

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

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

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

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

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

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

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

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

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

The oldest public library in Ireland.