The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

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

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

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

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

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

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.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

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

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.