Places Lostandwandering Wants to Go

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

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

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

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

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

The Dublin sea wall draws walkers, photographers, and fishing enthusiasts.

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

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

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Three wooden middle fingers raised in protest.

A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

This mural celebrates the early integration of a New Hampshire baseball team.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.