Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

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

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

A miniature diorama that recounts the brilliant stories of author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.

This workshop and small museum is dedicated to tiny, delicate figurines that began as a subversive craft after the French Revolution.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.

A little known pile of scraps and plaques mark the grave of a downed RAF bomber.

This stone memorial commemorates a group of French patriots slain by French fascists.

The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.

Huge Russian Orthodox cemetery in danger of being converted into open public space.

Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

Live-in sculpture begun by one family in 1979.