Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

An important landmark in the history of algebraic logic.

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

Modern sundial uses ancient methods to tell time and date perfectly.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

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."

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

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

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

A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.

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

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

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

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.