Places Madeleine Wants to Go

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

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

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

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

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

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

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.