The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

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

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

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

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

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

An uninhabited village that preserves and documents rural architecture and an endangered way of life.

See replicas of Europe's most famous cave paintings and even some of the animals that feature in the art.

An abandoned Indian-inspired mansion.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

The oldest candy store in the world has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

At this cozy bar tucked down a hidden Galway backroad, Guinness makes the Gaelic come out.

A pastry shop specializing in Sephardic sweets serves historic recipes in Ribadavia’s Jewish quarter.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.