One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

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

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Former host to the World Elephant Polo Championships.