The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

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

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

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

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

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

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

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

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

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Despite centuries of architectural innovation, this French castle is being built like it's the 13th century.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.