Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

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

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

This video store is a horror buff's dream.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."