Places Lis Charlotte Wants to Go

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

A public art piece that barely gets recognized, but then that might be the point.

Scotland's first Masonic lodge may also be the oldest in the world.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.