Cruden Bay, Scotland
New Slains Castle Ruins
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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Cruden Bay, Scotland
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.
Keswick, England
Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.
Hagley, England
An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.
Dalmally, Scotland
Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.
Dunino, Scotland
A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.
Ruthin, Wales
This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.
Llangennith, Wales
A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.
Trethevy, England
A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.
Chislehurst, England
Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.
London, England
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
London, England
A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.
London, England
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
England
A historic house left in "dramatic still life."
London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Dublin, Ireland
This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.