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

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

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

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

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

This center tells the story of one of the most famous battles in Irish history.

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

One of the oldest lighthouses in the world, this structure was built more than 800 years ago.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large park in Dublin.

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

Ireland's only German military cemetery holds the remains of a spy who was moved there under the cover of darkness.

See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.

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

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

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