Places emmeliamathews Wants to Go

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

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

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

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

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

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

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

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

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

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

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

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

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

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.