Dublin, Ireland
National Leprechaun Museum
A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.
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Dublin, Ireland
A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.
Dublin, Ireland
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Edinburgh, Scotland
The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Glasgow, Scotland
The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.
Glasgow, Scotland
This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Alexandria, Scotland
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Washington, D.C.
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
Washington, D.C.
Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.
Washington, D.C.
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
Washington, D.C.
A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.
Washington, D.C.
One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."
Washington, D.C.
A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.
Washington, D.C.
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Washington, D.C.
Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.
Washington, D.C.
You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.
Washington, D.C.
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
Washington, D.C.
This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.