A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.