London, England
British Optical Association Museum
The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.
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London, England
The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.
London, England
This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
Whitby, England
The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
London, England
The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.
London, England
A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.
Sheffield, England
Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."
London, England
The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.
Abergele, Wales
One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.
London, England
The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.
London, England
This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.
Ballachulish, Scotland
The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
London, England
A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.
London, England
Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.
Whitehaven, England
Local legends say that fairies used to dance in the moonlight here and invite handsome young men into their grottoes.
Leek, England
This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.
London, England
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
Morda, England
The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.
Stannington, England
St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.
London, England
Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.
Glasgow, Scotland
The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Manchester, England
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.