The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

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A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

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

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

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

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

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Long abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

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

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

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

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.