Places jow22 Wants to Go

A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

The "shampooer of kings" who opened London's first curry cafe was a celebrity in the 19th century, but is all but forgotten now.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

London's most popular recording studio, located in the capital's East End, runs partly on solar power and has played host to some of the world's biggest acts.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

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

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

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

Hackney's newest private museum and natural curiosity shop.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

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

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.