North Berwick, Scotland
Ruins of Tantallon Castle
The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.
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North Berwick, Scotland
The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.
Coverham, England
A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
London, England
English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.
Llangennith, Wales
A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.
London, England
Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
London, England
This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.
London, England
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
London, England
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
London, England
Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
Dunbar, Scotland
At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.
London, England
London's old-school healing garden.
London, England
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
Glasgow, Scotland
The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
London, England
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
London, England
A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
London, England
The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
London, England
A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.
Orkney, Scotland
The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.
Roslin, Scotland
A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.