One of the city's oldest pubs displays a skull said to belong to the country's last witch burned at the stake.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

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

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

The 18th-century inspiration behind Harry Potter's Sorting Hat.

This small memorial honors a ferocious feline and local hero.

Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

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

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

Hackney's newest private museum and natural curiosity shop.

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

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

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.