Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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

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

This small island off Lambert's Bay is home to more than 2,000 Cape gannets and is the only such breeding colony open to the public.

Fascinating collection of Khoisan rock engravings, still situated in their original setting.

A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.

Largest cave system in Africa.

Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

The historic villages and towns of Suffolk are filled with wonky wooden beam houses painted an unusual shade of pink. Unknown to many though, this sweet shade has a bloody history.

This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.

The idyllic island where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau spent “the happiest time of his life.”

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.