The building that houses this museum is as historic as its collection.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

These sailing ship-shaped chandeliers are believed to have been a gift inspired by faith.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

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

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

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Its sunny hues are believed to have inspired the town's color palette.

This amazing collection includes rare stamps from around the world, including fluorescent ones.

This Mexico City subway station will make you feel like you've been transported to the London Underground.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

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

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

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

Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.

A field of whimsical floats, where all of your favorite childhood stories have been put out to pasture.

The home of two of Scotland's most important artists has been reassembled in the Hunterian Art Gallery.