Places aemem Wants to Go

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

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

A student driver's nightmare.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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

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

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

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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

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

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."

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Built in the Soviet era, this cableway system still runs gondolas from Odessa down to Otrada Beach.

This stunning mountain lake was named for a pair of tragic lovers whose statues stand at the center.

This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.