Places cavalonja Wants to Go

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

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

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

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

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

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

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

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

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

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

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