Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

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

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

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

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

These murals stand as reminders to the troubled history of this Northern Ireland city.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

This massive monument has been telling the time for 150 years—at a slight angle.

A palatial former bank building now houses what may be the poshest art venue (and former Tesco) in Belfast.

The only monument to name all of the passengers and crew who died on the RMS Titanic.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

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

This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.

During the renovation of this bas-relief, the constructors added one unusual element.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

After the queen of Spain had a dream where these statues fell and crushed her, they were removed from the palace and given new homes around Madrid.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.