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

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

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

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

Tiny silver and copper fish set inside blue-green lights are like windows to the underwater world.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

A preserved portion of an ancient Athens barrier is displayed in a hotel basement.

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

When construction began on this hotel, developers were surprised to find the ruins of an ancient civilization.

The ruins of an ancient fortification wall sit in front of and underneath this boutique hotel.

The ruins of an ancient mansion sits in front of and underneath a contemporary art gallery.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

This building displays the scars of the “Dekemvriana,” a dark time in modern Greek history.

The home of Greece’s national poet sits crumbling in the middle of a popular tourist district.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.

The second oldest surviving house in Athens was owned by an Irish General.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.