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

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

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

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

Welcome to a starkly beautiful sanctuary where the buffalo roam.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

The statue mysteriously lost its head and left hand.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

Chef Ashleigh Shanti serves up a classic Appalachian fish fry.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.