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

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

A wild annual race in Sardinia re-enacts Constantine's victory in Rome.

Ancient cave tombs known as the "houses of fairies."

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.