The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

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

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

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

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

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

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

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

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

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.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.