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

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

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

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

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

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

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

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

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

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

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

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

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

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

Sculpture park built by a 50-year-old widow.

The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.