Places pleiades Wants to Go

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

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

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

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

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

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."

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

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.

The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.

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

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

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

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

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

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

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

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

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

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.