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

An underappreciated sculpture garden just a few blocks from the capitol building.

This friendly fellow was built to honor an advancement in mineral processing.

This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

This landmark honoring a local beer brand is an iconic part of the Minneapolis skyline.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.

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.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

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

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

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

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

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.

A diminutive, thousand-year-old church believed to be the smallest in Ireland.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.