This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

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

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

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.