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If God were a skater, this would clearly be His park of choice.

A snapshot of Scottish folklore and magical heritage.

A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.

The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

This antique shop and tea room reside inside a twice defunct church that was moved stone by stone to its current location.

Northern Ireland's church-turned-skate park.

A vintage media store and safe haven for cinema buffs who love 16mm films shown on vintage projectors.

For the deepest sleep of your life, head 1,375 feet underground in Wales.

A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.

A museum dedicated to the tragedy of Bloody Sunday.

A large collection of steam engines, organs, and fairground attractions.

Run by the same people as a subterranean art space, this pub does double-duty as a Cave of Wonders.

A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

These murals stand as reminders to the troubled history of this Northern Ireland city.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.

Quaint, disturbing, and macabre objects are all on display at this intriguing collection of medical instruments from bygone eras.

A weird and wonderful collection of items that pique curiosity and haunt nightmares.

This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.

This peaceful oasis appears dreamy, but it's also the site of a nightmarish legend.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.