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

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

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

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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

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

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

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

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

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

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

Detroit housing collective working to create an "environment for revolutionary change."

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.