The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

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

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

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

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

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

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

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

The gravestone of a delicate singer-songwriter bears a fittingly introspective epitaph.

An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.

A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

An abandoned quarrying village turned commune is now a hub for learning the Welsh language.

Legend says the water within these mysterious sacred springs stays cold even when boiled.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.