A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

After playing in this house and its gardens as a child, J.M. Barrie credited it for helping inspire the story of Peter Pan.

A curious structure built just for the birds.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.