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

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

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

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

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

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

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

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

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 tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

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

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

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."

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

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

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

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

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

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

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

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.