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The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

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

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.