Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.

France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.