The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

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

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

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

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

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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The former home of the world-famous Templeton Carpet Factory.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

This massive Maya archaeological site is home to the tallest man-made structure in Belize.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Make it an offering.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.