This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

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.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This unusual 7th-century Frankish seal offers more questions than answers about its past.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.