Places thirstymaenad Wants to Go

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.