Compton, England
Watts Cemetery Chapel
This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.
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Compton, England
This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.
Guildford, England
This unassuming Victorian cemetery is the final resting place of author Lewis Carroll.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A tiny monument to the classic American candy.
London, England
This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
London, England
The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.
Munich, Germany
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
London, England
This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.
London, England
An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.
Boston, Massachusetts
This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.
Oxford, England
The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.
Stuttgart, Germany
An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.
Cobham, England
Amazing collection of folly buildings in Cobham, Surrey.
London, England
Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
Chester, England
A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Southampton, England
The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.
Chester, England
Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.
Nottingham, England
A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
London, England
The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.
Brighton, England
A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.
Berlin, Germany
The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.
Paris, France
Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.