An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

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

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

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

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

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

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

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

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

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