This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Decorated by local artists, the city's utility boxes have become three-dimensional canvases.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

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

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

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

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

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

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