Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

A teddy bear sits on a chair watching the sunset from the mountaintop—just as the late Dan Clancy had done since childhood.

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.

Ireland's only German military cemetery holds the remains of a spy who was moved there under the cover of darkness.

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.

A retired military stronghold on the rolling green coast of Donegal.

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

The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

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

See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

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

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

An important pilgrimage site for pagans and early Christians, named for a Celtic goddess-turned-saint.

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