This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.