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

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

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

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

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

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?