Places jeachan Wants to Go

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

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

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

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

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

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

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

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

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

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

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

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

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