The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

The city-sized home palace of one of ancient Egypt's most powerful rulers gives us a rare look into the lives of the epoch's rulers.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

The world's largest wooden structure.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.