Places James Gage Wants to Go

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

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

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

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

London's old-school healing garden.

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

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

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

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

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

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

A student driver's nightmare.