Dublin, Ireland
The Hungry Tree
An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.
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Dublin, Ireland
An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.
Dublin, Ireland
The graffiti that birthed modern algebra.
Athlone, Ireland
The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.
Ireland
Ireland's only cable car once carried livestock across a treacherous strait.
Cork, Ireland
An important landmark in the history of algebraic logic.
Kilkenny, Ireland
These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.
Kilkenny, Ireland
The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.
Ireland
Honoring the Guinness brewer whose quest for the perfect pint led to the creation of the t-test, a cornerstone of modern statistics.
Dublin, Ireland
A 1930s-style speakeasy with a secret doorway and one-of-a-kind cocktails.
Dublin, Ireland
The Dublin sea wall draws walkers, photographers, and fishing enthusiasts.
St. George, Utah
Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.
Austin, Texas
This departure gate in Austin's airport sends travelers to over 120 imaginary destinations.
Austin, Texas
Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Austin, Texas
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
West, Texas
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
Waco, Texas
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
Waco, Texas
A musical sanctuary that preserves gospel’s Golden Age is tucked inside a library at Baylor University.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Dallas, Texas
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
Fort Worth, Texas
The man who wasn't there.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Narusawa-mura, Japan
A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest."
Narusawa, Japan
One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.