London, England
Museum of London Docklands
A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.
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London, England
A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.
York, England
One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.
North Yorkshire, England
This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
Whitby, England
The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
York, England
Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.
Bodmin, England
This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.
Rothwell, England
Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.
London, England
The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Manchester, England
These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.
Littledean, England
A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.
London, England
Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.
York, England
Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.
London, England
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
London, England
These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.
London, England
The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.
London, England
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Upton, England
This traditionally British fish and chip shop is one of the few that still cooks its products in a coal-fired range.
San Francisco, California
The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.