Places Antlerpunch Wants to Go

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.

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