Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

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

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

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.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.