Places Fab1 Wants to Go

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

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

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

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

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

Behind one of the world's most impenetrable vaults is a massive collection of retail silver.

In 2013, historians discovered a hidden room devoted to the art of making royals' hot chocolate.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

These marks in Myddelton Passage aren't your run-of-the-mill vandalism, and they weren't made by your typical vandal.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

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

A plaque pays tribute to the artist's longtime London home.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

This grassy, tree-lined hill shares a name with the much-loved novel that it inspired.

This reconstructed ancient fort was home to one of the few horse training rings in the Roman Empire.

The first place where the scientific innovation known as radar was first demonstrated in Britain.

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

Over a thousand musical instruments are on display, from bagpipes and harpsichords to drums and the sinuous serpent.