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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

Tracks of ceratosaurus and Coelophysis rhodesiensis tracks can be found fossilized in the sandstone near Mt. Etjo.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

The world's largest impact crater is mainly eroded but still remembers the planet's violent history.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.