Places Lostandwandering Wants to Go

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

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

Collection of still-functioning printing presses from the 18th to 20th centuries.

Tiny silver and copper fish set inside blue-green lights are like windows to the underwater world.

A tiny island off the coast of Dublin was once a pilgrimage site for the sick and the suffering.

Designed to commemorate the king's coronation.

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

It's said this geological anomaly was caused when the Devil took a bite out of the Irish mountainside.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

Modern sundial uses ancient methods to tell time and date perfectly.

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

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

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

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

This Copper beech tree nestled on a nature reserve is host to a bevy of autographs from Irish literary icons.

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

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