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

The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

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

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

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

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

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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

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

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

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

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

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

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

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

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

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

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