The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

The remains of a concrete ship sit on a sandbank between Ballina Quay and Belleek Woods.

This small Irish village suffered the greatest loss of life when the Titanic sank.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

Modern sundial uses ancient methods to tell time and date perfectly.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

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

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

This Copper beech tree nestled on a nature reserve is host to a bevy of autographs from Irish literary icons.

The symbolic center of Ireland, this summit also offers panoramic views of the countryside.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

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

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.

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

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

Wander among the abandoned ruins of this once-powerful medieval town.