This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

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

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.