Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

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

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

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

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.