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The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The old castle kitchen where nucleic acid was first isolated is considered the "cradle of biochemistry."

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.