The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

A local remembrance for lives lost—a poppy for each—in war more than 100 years ago.

Located on the Islandmagee peninsula, these gardens are among the most distinguished in County Antrim.

A museum dedicated to the tragedy of Bloody Sunday.

The only monument to name all of the passengers and crew who died on the RMS Titanic.

This tiny train shuttles passengers to one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular sights.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The remains of a 13th-century Franciscan friary have survived multiple attempts at destruction, most recently in 1921.

The remains of a majestic house that was once stood in the crosshairs of the Irish Republican Army.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

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

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

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

The crumbling ruins of an abandoned 12th-century monastery.

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.