Places bertshetler Wants to Go

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

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

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

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

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

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.