The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

Legend has it these two stones are petrified trolls.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Björk, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

It's said this geological anomaly was caused when the Devil took a bite out of the Irish mountainside.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

A gated cross stands on the site where an Irish revolutionary met his end.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

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

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

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

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

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.