Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

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

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