London, England
Sir Richard Burton's Tent-Tomb
Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
Site Where the First V2 Rocket Fell on London
A small stone monument marks the spot on Stavely Road where the first of hundreds of missiles touched down during World War II.
London, England
Horniman Aquarium
A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.
London, England
Premises Studio Music Studios and Cafe
London's most popular recording studio, located in the capital's East End, runs partly on solar power and has played host to some of the world's biggest acts.
London, England
Hidden Cells of Newgate Prison
Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.
London, England
Ye Olde Mitre
Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.
London, England
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
London, England
Dog and Pot Sculpture
A recreation of a sign that Charles Dickens used to see on his walk home.
London, England
Polly at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.
London, England
Cittie of Yorke
This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.
London, England
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Vectors of Disease Frieze
The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.
London, England
Garden Museum
Tony Blair's garden gnome and a Howitzer shell-turned-flower-pot are on display in this deconsecrated 13th-century church.
London, England
Sotheby's Sekhmet
Heralded as the oldest statue in London.
London, England
St James’s Tiny Park
These former ticket office windows in London's underground now house pocket-size parks.
London, England
British Optical Association Museum
The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.
London, England
Ilford Animal Cemetery
3,000 family pets and military animals are buried in this London graveyard.
Asnières-sur-Seine, France
Cemetery of the Dogs
The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.
Paris, France
Danse de la Fontaine Emergente
This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.
Paris, France
Au Bonheur du Jour
Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.
Paris, France
Maison de Victor Hugo
A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.
Paris, France
Museum of the History of Medicine
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
Paris, France
Roger La Grenouille
This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.
Paris, France
Julien Aurouze and Co.
A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.
London, England
The Deadhouse
Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.
