Places carllenox Wants to Go

Take in the views of Big Ben with a Guinness in hand at this floating pub aboard a 1930s Dutch barge.

Grab a pint of British-brewed ale or cider and a hot roast pork bap at this quintessential London pub.

Named for the Yoruba word for Lagos, this craft brewery draws on European beer-making and West African palm wine-fermenting techniques.

Some of the best renditions of traditional British dishes can be found on the site of a 15th-century inn.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.

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

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

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

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

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

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

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

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

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

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

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

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