A wild-haired maestro surrenders to artistic passion in this multi-story mural.

These sculpted heads on the outside of a former Knights Templar building date back to the 17th century

At over 500 years old, this is the oldest surviving toilet in Japan

A Norman castle near Wales that has been in ruins for the last 600 years

Remainders of the defenses established at the start of the previous era in Thai history

As the oldest natural history museum in the Americas, these halls contain everything from dinosaur bones to biological samples collected by Lewis and Clark.

How a replica of a legendary Florentine fountain became a tireless fundraiser in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Créac’h Lighthouse is the most powerful lighthouse in Europe, which gives you, at night, an eerie sense of serenity.

Despite the name, this 16th-century structure in Galway wasn't built by the Spanish.

A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.

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

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

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Inside Cork's Kent station stands its country's longest-serving postbox.

On the clock tower at St. Anne's Church in Cork, you never know which face is telling the truth.

This 19th-century prison once held Irish revolutionary Constance Markievicz, writer Frank O’Connor, and a nine-year-old pickpocket.

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

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