Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow Hunterian Museum
A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.
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Glasgow, Scotland
A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.
Glasgow, Scotland
An extended zoological collection that doubles as a time capsule.
Glasgow, Scotland
An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.
Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands
A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An independent cinema housed in a former pathological anatomy laboratory.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum preserving torture methods from the past.
Sarandë District, Albania
A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.
Përmet District, Albania
A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.
Tirana, Albania
A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.
Shkodër, Albania
According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.
Paisley, Scotland
A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.
Paisley, Scotland
Paisley's oldest open green space contains a rather ostentatious fountain at its center.
Paisley, Scotland
The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.
West Wycombe, England
Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.