The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

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

The Largest Little Museum in the Northwest.

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

After it was swallowed by a Georgian mansion, this medieval castle remained forgotten for centuries.

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

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

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

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

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

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

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

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

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

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.