For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

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

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

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

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.