A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Come for the records, stay for the retro pinball machines.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

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

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.