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Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

A reportedly haunted 14th-century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

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

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.

An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.