It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.

Originally made for a film, this replica plane hangs from the ceiling in the front hall of the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.

This Grade II Listed Building with an Art Nouveau façade once contained a unique print shop.

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

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

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

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

One of the oldest cathedrals in the U.K. houses a priceless early manuscript.

A ruined priory that was once a favorite pilgrimage site for English kings.

It’s a painted window that looks completely real, hiding on a building in the market square.

This ex-prison dates back to the Middle Ages.