Places IanFry Wants to Go

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

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

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

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

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