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

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

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

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

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader.

A statue that stood at the center of a long copyright battle.

This unique sculpture is often overlooked by pedestrians.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

Enormous ants wielding giant pine needles guard a Stockholm real estate company's office.

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.