An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

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

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

This magical space partly designed by Antoni Gaudi is one of the best examples of romantic gardening in the Mediterranean.

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

This purpose-built dinosaur museum is shaped like a pterodactyl and holds fossils that were found in its very village.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.

Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.