Places Sahakiel Wants to Go

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

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

Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

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

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

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

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.