Places amelianotthepilot Wants to Go

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

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

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

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

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

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

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

William Smith's iconic "map that changed the world" is hidden behind a curtain in the Geological Society building.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.