A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

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

Catholics make up 84% of Ireland's population but this Dublin museum remembers the small but important Jewish community.

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

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.

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

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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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."

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

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.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

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

The oldest public library in Ireland.

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

Nicknamed the "Museum of Horrors," this French anatomical collection has been fascinating visitors for over a century.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.