Places LeslieDriskill Wants to Go

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

3,000 family pets and military animals are buried in this London graveyard.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

One of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide, this collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs, and eyewitness testimony.

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

Visit the grave of a famous feminist author and the mother of Mary Shelley.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

Victorian-era Londoners really wanted to believe this 17th-century cistern was actually an ancient artifact.