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

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

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

The gravestones in this lost burial ground were bulldozed and replaced with houses and a dog park.

This gold-winged spire celebrates the first true flight around the world.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.