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

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

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

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

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

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

An amazing model of a whale's jaw bone pays homage to the region's seafaring traditions.

The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.