Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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."

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

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

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

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.

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

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

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.