Places ckoohle Wants to Go

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

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

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

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

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

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