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

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

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

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

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

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

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

From Vikings to nationwide rebellions, this castle has seen its fair share of warfare.

A Victorian marvel of engineering is now a 21st-century tourist attraction.

This garden has existed for more than three centuries.

These sculptures honor the knights who once called Carrickfergus Castle their stronghold.

This stone honors the U.S. Rangers who made Carrickfergus their home base during World War II.

A restored World War II Churchill Mark VII Tank now stands guard in Carrickfergus.

A replica memorializes the site where women were punished after the last witchcraft trial in Ireland.

This mine was once used to defend the coast from attack during World War II.

Commemorating the landing of William of Orange with his European army on their way to the Battle of the Boyne.

An abandoned shipping control tower looks like a satellite perched at the end of a pier.

Once home to a local bear named "Bruno."

An Irish cemetery filled with victims of political strife and violent conflict, including the grave of Bobby Sands.