A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

A science teacher's dream.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

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

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

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

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

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

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

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.