Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

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.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

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

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.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

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

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

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

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

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

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000 year old wood at this peaceful site.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.