Hull, England
The Hull Mermaid
This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.
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Hull, England
This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.
Sheffield, England
Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."
Caynton, England
This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.
Cheddar, England
Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Bournemouth, England
A genuine Little Shop of Horrors.
Cookley, England
Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.
Nottingham, England
The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.
Littledean, England
A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Margate, England
Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.
Oddington, England
Rare and wonderfully wormy cadaver art captured in brass for centuries.
Hamsey, England
Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.
Royston, England
Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.
West Wycombe, England
Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.
Beaconsfield, England
The world's oldest model village.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.
London, England
The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
London, England
A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.
London, England
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
London, England
Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.