The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

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A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

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

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

This beautiful site is where the first transatlantic telegraph was sent from.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

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

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.