A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

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

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

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

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

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

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The magic's in the hole!

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.