These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

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.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

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

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

This striking steel sculpture transforms environmental data into art.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The bright red cars take travelers through breathtaking Tuscan scenery.