Places LaughingCrow Wants to Go

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

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

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

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

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

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

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

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

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."

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

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

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

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

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

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

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.

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