Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

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

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

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

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

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

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

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

Honoring the Guinness brewer whose quest for the perfect pint led to the creation of the t-test, a cornerstone of modern statistics.

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

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

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

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."