A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

This colorful and fiery mural depicts the Irish folk story of the beloved hero Cuchulain.

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

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

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

The stone barriers in this historic fishing village were once used for farming and gardening.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

This shack nestled in a 120-acre forest of maple trees in Mont-Rigaud is a wonderland of sugary syrup.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

From this isolated strip of land in Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

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