Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

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

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

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

A mostly desolate bar on a remote island hosts hundreds of sailors for a few days each year.

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Half of a house.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.