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.

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

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

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

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

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

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

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

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

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

This tiny Hawaiian island is slowly coming back to life after being bombed during naval training exercises.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

In 1787, a group of delegates met at this very spot to drink, be merry, and ratify the Constitution of the United States.

A drab two-story office space in Delaware is a hidden tax haven for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and over half the Fortune 500 companies.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.