The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

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.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.

A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.

An indigenous ethnobotanist runs this brunch spot celebrating Australia’s native flavors.

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

A monument to the 4,114 Irish orphan girls who arrived in Australia between 1848 and 1850.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

A nearly lost tribute to an 11-year-old boy killed during a World War I homecoming parade.

The sculpture shows a water rat turning the world upside-down, landing an elephant on its head.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.