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

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

This is the place where U2’s lead singer got his nickname.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

This fertility idol of questionable authenticity inspired an iconic Indiana Jones artifact.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The middle finger of modernity.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

This small pedestal marks the spot of the first lot of land sold in Alexandria, Virginia in 1749.

This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.