Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.

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

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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.