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

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

After it was swallowed by a Georgian mansion, this medieval castle remained forgotten for centuries.

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

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

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.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

Always a new use for this old building.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.