The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.

A palatial former bank building now houses what may be the poshest art venue (and former Tesco) in Belfast.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.

This massive monument has been telling the time for 150 years—at a slight angle.

A giant sculpture of the legendary "Salmon of Knowledge" celebrates the return of fish to Belfast's River Lagan.

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

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

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

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

This beautiful example of neoclassical architecture is one of Uruguay's most treasured cultural gems.

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.

The narrowest house in Buenos Aires is less than 10 feet wide.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.