Places denicewaters Wants to Go

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

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

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

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

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

The "shampooer of kings" who opened London's first curry cafe was a celebrity in the 19th century, but is all but forgotten now.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

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

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.