A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

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

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

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

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.

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

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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.