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

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

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

The frozen treats at this Cape Town parlor are inspired by Africa's food cultures.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

Robotic car thieves, freakish animals and huge neon floats in Northern Ireland's capital.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.

A varied collection of brains in alcohol.