Places INK Wants to Go

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

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

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

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.