In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

Local legends say that fairies used to dance in the moonlight here and invite handsome young men into their grottoes.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

One family's environment-friendly hobbit-house in Wales.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.