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

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

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.