London, England
The Wildgoose Memorial Library
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
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London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
Grant Museum of Zoology
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
London, England
The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
Get Stuffed
Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.
London, England
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
Birmingham, England
Newman Brothers Coffin Works
England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.
London, England
Tomb of the Unknown London Girl
The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.
London, England
Guildhall's Underground Roman Amphitheater
A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.
London, England
The Sherlock Holmes Pub and Museum
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
London, England
Ziggy Stardust Plaque
This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.
London, England
The House of Dreams Museum
This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.
London, England
The First Public Drinking Fountain
Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.
London, England
Hoxton Street Monster Supplies
A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.
London, England
I Goat
Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.
London, England
Parkland Walk
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.
London, England
London Necropolis Railway Station
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
Kerry, Ireland
Tetrapod Trackway
Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.
San Francisco, California
The Tonga Room
Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.
Sparks, Nevada
The Generator
Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".
London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Zoo Botanical Gardens
The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.
Los Angeles, California
Angels Flight
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Los Angeles, California
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.
