Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

Where's a guy to go after a long, hard day at work?

The home studio one of Britain's first independent record producers is also the site of a murder-suicide.

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.

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

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

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.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.