A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

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

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

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

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

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

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

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.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

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

One of the few beardless depictions of Lincoln, George Grey Barnard's 1917 statue was denounced by many—including Lincoln's own son.

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

A factory in Milwaukee where poop is reclaimed… and recycled.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.