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

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

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

Catholics make up 84% of Ireland's population but this Dublin museum remembers the small but important Jewish community.

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

The oldest public library in Ireland.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

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

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

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

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

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

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

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

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

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."

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.