This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

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

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

A 19th century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

The world's largest moose statue towers above the highway between Oslo and Trondheim.

A mysterious medieval monument said to mark the final resting place of Robin Hood’s henchman.

This 19th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

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

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.