This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

A monument to a beloved aquatic folk hero in the Irish town of Dingle.

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

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

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

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

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

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."

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

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

Street names don't get more "late capitalism" than this.

An ancient healing font dedicated to an 11th-century matriarch was moved to make way for progress.

The oldest floral clock in the world still functions today.

A homage to an elusive character resides in this public park.

A stone-filled garden in the heart of Edinburgh commemorates the father of modern geology.

A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."

This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.