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

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

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

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

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

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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.