Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

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

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

This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.

This small Newfoundland town has declared itself the “Root Cellar Capital of the World.”

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

A statue of the early navigator stands overlooking the land he first surveyed.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.

Possibly the world's largest coin stands just outside of a Canadian science center.

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.