Places alexandreafarquhar Wants to Go

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.