This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

This shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary is also a tribute from a mother to her fallen son.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

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

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

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

Fluffy and friendly alpacas nestled against the border of the beautiful Connemara region.

After it was swallowed by a Georgian mansion, this medieval castle remained forgotten for centuries.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

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

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

This colorful and fiery mural depicts the Irish folk story of the beloved hero Cuchulain.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.

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

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

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

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

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

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."