This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

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

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

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

Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.

Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.