Places Lillive Wants to Go

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

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

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

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

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.

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

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

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

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

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

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

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

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

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

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

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

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.

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

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.