Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

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

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

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

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

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

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

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

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.