A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

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

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

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

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

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

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

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

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

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

A beautifully designed asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center with a ghost story or two.