Places Loo Wants to Go

A former fortified tower now houses a collection of classic communications equipment.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

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

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

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.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

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

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

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

A former telephone box found new life as a photo booth and charity fundraiser.

An iconic red telephone box turned tiny art gallery.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.