London, England
Long John Silver Figurehead Collection
The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.
Places Maggie Mason Wants to Go
834
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
Chi-Chi the Giant Panda
The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.
London, England
Supper Club Tube
A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.
London, England
Houseboats of Regents Canal
A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.
London, England
V&A Museum of Childhood
A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.
London, England
Hoa Hakananai'a
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
London, England
British Library Treasures Gallery
The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.
London, England
Rules
Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.
London, England
Archie the Giant Squid
The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.
London, England
The Attendant, Fitzrovia
Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.
London, England
Pelicans of St James's Park
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
London, England
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.
London, England
Victoria & Albert Museum Dining Rooms
Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.
London, England
Billingsgate Roman House and Baths
A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.
London, England
Gordon Museum of Pathology
One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.
London, England
Euston's Lost Tunnels
A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
London, England
Hunterian Museum
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
London, England
Nunhead Cemetery
A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."
London, England
Grant Museum of Zoology
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
London, England
Kyoto Garden
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
London, England
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre
Traveling collection of amazing automata.
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
Magic Circle Museum
This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.
London, England
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
