A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

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

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

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.