Places ckoohle Wants to Go

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

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

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

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

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

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

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

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.

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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

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

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

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

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

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