This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

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

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

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

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

A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.