A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

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

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

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

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

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

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

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

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

A preserved 18th century steel factory.

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.