London, England
Chained Library at Chelsea Old Church
This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.
Places KMMF Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
Athena the Owl
The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.
London, England
William Blake Mosaics
This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.
London, England
Tower Bridge Chimney
An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.
London, England
The Cockpit
A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.
London, England
Signs of Old Lombard Street
The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
London, England
Electric Avenue
"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."
London, England
Trafalgar Square Imperial Measurements
These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.
London, England
The Dove
A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.
London, England
The Burlington Arcade Beadles
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
London, England
Monument to Hodge the Cat
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
Temple Bar Memorial Dragon
The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.
London, England
Crystal Palace Subway
A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.
London, England
Ziggy Stardust Plaque
This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.
London, England
Peter Pan Statue
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
London, England
The Imperial War Museum London
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
London, England
Algerian Coffee Stores
Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.
London, England
Philpot Lane Mice Sculpture
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
London, England
Earl's Court Police Box
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
London, England
The Cartoon Museum
A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.
London, England
London's Lilliputian Police Station
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
Traffic Light Tree
A student driver's nightmare.
London, England
Goodwin's Court
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
221b Baker Street
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
