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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

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

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

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

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

A museum of co-operativism housed in the birthplace of the modern movement.

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.