Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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

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

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

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

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Caligula's colossal pleasure ships, discovered by Mussolini only to be lost in flames.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

The most confusing clock in New York.