Places cotymela Wants to Go

A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

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

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

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

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

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

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.