Places chrissyml Wants to Go

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

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

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

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

London's old-school healing garden.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.