Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

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

A small museum that celebrates the history and culture of the LGBTQ community in England.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.