Places ams199 Wants to Go

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

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

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

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

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

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A student driver's nightmare.

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

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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