This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

The bridge that cost Germany a World Heritage Site.

A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

This small museum takes the business of clowning quite seriously.

This bust remembers the haunting local legend of a murderous monk.

These two 15th-century metal rods allowed people to check if they were swindled or not.

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

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

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

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

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

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

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

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

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

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

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

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

A dad joke was inevitable when a member of this 19th-century chocolatier family married the president of France.