Places jmsliker Wants to Go

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.

This restaurant was removed from the famed sister ship of the Titanic and placed within a hotel.

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.

Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

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

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.