Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

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

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

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

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

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

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

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

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

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

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

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

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 world's tallest slum.