As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

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

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.