Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

This music school doubles as a store for unique, hand-crafted, and hard-to-find instruments.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."

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

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

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

A brisk climb up this solitary peak leads to the origin story of a towering figure in Irish history.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.

This massive monument has been telling the time for 150 years—at a slight angle.

The only monument to name all of the passengers and crew who died on the RMS Titanic.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

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

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.