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The whiskey producer's archives includes a historical list of infractions committed by and associated penalties exacted upon employees.

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

Oliver Cromwell once seized the land under this house, which included the ruins of a medieval abbey that the owner used to build his stately home.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

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

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

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

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

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.