The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

A turn-of-the-century prophecy comes true when a mischievous wooden Devil watches the neighboring church burn to the ground

This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.

Eerily lifelike effigies stare at everyone who enters this sanctuary.

A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.

A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.

One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

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