Places meltingknight Wants to Go

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

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

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

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

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

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

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."

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.

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

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

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.