A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

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

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

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.