Brussels, Belgium
Musée des Arbalétriers (Museum of Crossbowmen)
This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.
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Brussels, Belgium
This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.
Glasgow, Scotland
The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.
Glasgow, Scotland
This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.
Alexandria, Scotland
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
Oxford, England
One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.
Oxford, England
An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
Oxford, England
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Oxford, England
Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.
Oxford, England
Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.
Oxford, England
The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.
Oxford, England
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
Oxford, England
One of Europe's oldest libraries.
Oxford, England
J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.
Oxford, England
This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.
Tulsk, Ireland
This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.
Kerry, Ireland
This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.
Kerry, Ireland
Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.
Clare, Ireland
This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.
Dublin, Ireland
An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.
Dublin, Ireland
The chaotic studio of one of the 20th century's most important artists has been preserved down to the dust.
Dublin, Ireland
After it was swallowed by a Georgian mansion, this medieval castle remained forgotten for centuries.
Dublin, Ireland
The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.
Dublin, Ireland
A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.
Dublin, Ireland
An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.