Places georgemagraw Wants to Go

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

The ruins of a once-mighty medieval palace are hidden away in otherwise modern London

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

Two ancient yew trees with a chapel and an altar built inside their hollow trunks.

The biggest mirror ball in the world

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

Look up from the busy streets to discover how time is kept!

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

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

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

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

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

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

Once part of a magnificent Tudor palace, this wine cellar is a time capsule underneath the Ministry of Defence.

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

A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.