Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

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

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

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

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

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

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

In this medieval fish bowl, the carp weren't pets.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

Inside this chapel, Victorian jailers took the separate system to new levels.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.