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

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

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

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

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

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

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

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

Originally built to monitor fishing, this Victorian tower now educates visitors about the local salmon industry.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

When construction began on this hotel, developers were surprised to find the ruins of an ancient civilization.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

Eastern Canada's ocean playground.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.