These murals stand as reminders to the troubled history of this Northern Ireland city.

A giant sculpture of the legendary "Salmon of Knowledge" celebrates the return of fish to Belfast's River Lagan.

A Victorian marvel of engineering is now a 21st-century tourist attraction.

The "Black Arch" guards the entrance to the picturesque Glens of Antrim.

The lake that fills and empties itself at random.

This Italian-style temple replica has been threatening to fall off the Irish coast for hundreds of years.

This World War II relic let Allied pilots know they were entering neutral airspace.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

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

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

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

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

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

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.

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

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

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

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

Every year locals give the bear a fresh coat of paint to preserve its signature goofy grin.