Places Birny Wants to Go

Kayak out to a floating restroom.

The Ortega family started their iconic food company in this small, adobe kitchen.

A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.

One of the most haunted places in London...or is it?

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

These former ticket office windows in London's underground now house pocket-size parks.

This 500-meter-long memorial pays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19 in the UK.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.