The Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is is housed in the former mansion of wealthly industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, just off of Fifth Avenue on the upper east side of Manhattan.

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and its compact city center offers and exciting mixture of new and old. It is a social place with a huge reputation, busy pubs, museums

The cliffs are visually spectacular against the Atlantic Ocean.

The castle, built around 1425, contains mainly 15th and 16th century furnishings in the style of the period of the Great Earl.

Killarney is a small town surrounded by beautiful lakes, rolling green mountains with history and heritage and thrives on tourism.

Built between 1863 and 1868, Kylemore Castle, was a 70-room private home for Mitchell Henry and his family. Mitchell was the son of a wealthy Manchester cotton merchant, and he was skilled pathologist and eye surgeon, who ended up getting involved with politics.

Today, the haunting ruins of the once celebrated Franciscan abbey are now a graveyard overlooking Donegal Bay.

If someone refers to the city as Derry, they are probably Catholic. If they refer to it as Londonerry, they are most likely Protestant.

The legend associated with Giant’s Causeway is that it was carved from the coast by the 50-foot tall giant, Finn McCool.

Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland and the birthplace of the Titanic and the portable defibrillator was invented here in 1965.

The current 528-room Breakers was rebuilt in 1926 by Flagler heirs, since Henry had passed in in 1913. The architectural firm of Schultze and Weaver modeled it after the Villa Medici in Rome.

The castle dates back to the early 12th century, but most of the principal buildings date somewhere from the 15th and 16th centuries.

Glasgow is a compact city that is easy to get around. It is considered Scotland’s blue collar city and is noted for its preserved 19th century Victorian architecture.

The ruins of the Armadale Castle were once the Highland country estate of the Clan Donald, Scotland’s largest clan. The castle was built around 1790, with an extension added in 1815.

Edinburgh Castle is one of the oldest fortificated places in Europe, and the St. Margaret’s Chapel, located in the Edinburg Castle, is the oldest building in Edinburgh.

St. Andrews is known for being the birthplace of golf, its stunning coastline, university, medieval streets, architecture, and ruins.

In 1902, Herbert Pratt hired James Brite to build the first house to occupy the site. Ten years later the house was torn down and the current building was constructed.

Como, has attracted both famous and everyday travelers visitors for centuries. It commands the south shore of Lake Como and is surrounded by hills and mountains.

This park is right in the middle of the downtown Edinburgh, and easy to get to.

Opened in 1796, this lighthouse was the first built in New York State, and the fourth oldest working lighthouse in the United States.