Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

The slate extracted from these Pennsylvania quarries was once hailed as the finest in the world.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A display of works by one of the world masters sacred art, an 18th-century Brazilian sculptor nicknamed "the little cripple."

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

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

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

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

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

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

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."

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

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

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

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

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

Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.