London, England
'Titania and Bottom'
This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
Isokon Flats
An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.
London, England
The Lewis Chessmen
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
Hyman Archive
The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.
London, England
The Four Mother Goddesses
One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.
Permanently Closed
London, England
Calvert 22
East London art gallery showcasing contemporary art from Europe's Eastern Bloc.
London, England
Mary Anning's Plesiosaur
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
London, England
Peace Garden at Tavistock Square
A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.
London, England
The Ghost of a Flea
William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.
Permanently Closed
London, England
Nobrow Comics
A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.
London, England
Brown Dog Statue
A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.
London, England
William Blake's Home
The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.
London, England
The Museum of Everything (Moving Location)
London's largest outsider art museum.
London, England
Word on the Water
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
London, England
Difference Engine #2
Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.
London, England
Philpot Lane Mice Sculpture
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
London, England
Speakers' Corner
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
Peter Pan Statue
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
London, England
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.
London, England
Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1
A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.
London, England
Chelsea Physic Garden
London's old-school healing garden.
London, England
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
Abstract dinosaur models in London.
London, England
The Cartoon Museum
A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.
London, England
Horniman Museum and Gardens
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
