Places jow22 Wants to Go

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

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

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

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

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

Some of the earliest leaders of the Moravian congregation are buried here.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

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

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

William Smith's iconic "map that changed the world" is hidden behind a curtain in the Geological Society building.