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

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

The face of the famed flier in a hillside in her hometown.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

An upstate New York garage advertises its services by literally putting the automobile above all else.

This historic church with a connection to "Uncle Sam" is now a fraternity house.

A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.

A tiny village in Upstate New York ushered in the precursor to drive-in movies.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.