Places Jfmcl Wants to Go

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

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

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

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

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

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

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

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

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

London's largest outsider art museum.

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

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

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

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

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

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

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.