An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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."

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

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

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

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

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

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

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

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.