Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

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

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

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

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

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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.