A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large part in Dublin.

This rare and ancient Christian relic is one of Ireland’s oldest freestanding stone crosses.

This Copper beech tree nestled on a nature reserve is host to a bevy of autographs from Irish literary icons.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

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

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

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

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.