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

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

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

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

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

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

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

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

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.