Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

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

Catacombs turned marketplace.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

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