Places aRedLetterLife Wants to Go

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

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

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

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

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

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

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

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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