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

The chaotic studio of one of the 20th century's most important artists has been preserved down to the dust.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

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."

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

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

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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

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

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.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

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

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

It took more than 300 years to build this church, which is home to two sacred vessels believed to hold the blood of Christ.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

A hidden bas-relief of a hare on a church main portal that brings good luck to the ones who find it.

The seat of the Mantua bishop holds many secrets within its walls.

The oldest church in Mantua was buried for centuries under the facades of other structures.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.