Denbigh, Wales
Denbigh Insane Asylum
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
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Denbigh, Wales
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Llangennith, Wales
A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
London, England
Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.
North Berwick, Scotland
The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
Glasgow, Scotland
The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
London, England
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
London, England
One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.
London, England
A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.
Stonehaven, Scotland
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
Craighat, Scotland
A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.
Oxford, England
An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.
London, England
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
London, England
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
London, England
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.