The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This museum is dedicated to the most famous Irish writers in history.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.