London, England
Croham Hurst Woods
Late Mesolithic settlements and Bronze Age burials have been excavated at this ancient woodland on the top of a hill.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
Richmond Park
This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.
London, England
Water Dragons of Kew Gardens
These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.
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Kew Gardens Underground Aquarium
A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.
London, England
Marianne North Gallery at Kew Gardens
A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.
London, England
Sir Richard Burton's Tent-Tomb
Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
London, England
London Transport Museum Depot
The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.
London, England
Barnet Physic Well
A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.
London, England
Site Where the First V2 Rocket Fell on London
A small stone monument marks the spot on Stavely Road where the first of hundreds of missiles touched down during World War II.
London, England
Site of the Watkin Tower
London's Victorian Tower of Babel.
London, England
Barnet Museum
At this small museum, visitors can view artifacts from the only battlefield in London during the War of the Roses.
London, England
Norbury Hall Park
This peaceful park with centuries of history hides in an overlooked section of South London.
London, England
Leg o' Mutton Reservoir and Park
This unusually-named reservoir found a second life as a nature preserve.
London, England
WWT London Wetland Centre
London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.
Chislehurst, England
Chislehurst Caves
Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.
London, England
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
Abstract dinosaur models in London.
London, England
Crystal Palace Subway
A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.
London, England
Westland London
High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.
London, England
Ruins of the Crystal Palace
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
London, England
Kensal Green Cemetery and Catacombs
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
'Potteries and Piggeries' Bottle Kiln
A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.
London, England
West Norwood Cemetery
A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.
London, England
Leighton House Museum
This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.
London, England
Kyoto Garden
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
