The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

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

One of the oldest libraries in the world is still operating and contains the oldest existing document in the Italian language.

This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

Austria’s oldest brewery makes beer with flaming-hot granite.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

Dozens of tiny doors dot Newport's Mansion Hill neighborhood.