Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

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.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

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

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

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.