The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

The lake that fills and empties itself at random.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The artwork immortalizes one of 20th-century Ireland's leading creatives.

This giant sculpture is both loved and disliked by the local community.

These sculptures honor the knights who once called Carrickfergus Castle their stronghold.

A local remembrance for lives lost—a poppy for each—in war more than 100 years ago.

A replica memorializes the site where women were punished after the last witchcraft trial in Ireland.

A restored World War II Churchill Mark VII Tank now stands guard in Carrickfergus.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

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.

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

The only monument to name all of the passengers and crew who died on the RMS Titanic.

The last Victorian market in Belfast.

The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.

A towering steel-and-bronze figure whose playful nickname outshines its official message of hope

This massive monument has been telling the time for 150 years—at a slight angle.

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.

A giant sculpture of the legendary "Salmon of Knowledge" celebrates the return of fish to Belfast's River Lagan.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.