This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

After a traumatic encounter with a six-foot eel, one Galway baker started making a daily loaf of sourdough in its shape.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.