Places Karen Faneuf Wants to Go

The chaotic studio of one of the 20th century's most important artists has been preserved down to the dust.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

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

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

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

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

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

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

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

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

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

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

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.