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

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

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

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

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

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

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

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

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

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

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

Tiny silver and copper fish set inside blue-green lights are like windows to the underwater world.

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

A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.

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

A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Sink your spoon into a luscious crema Catalana at this former urban dairy farm.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.