This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

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

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

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

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

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.