Places maldorora Wants to Go

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

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

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

London's old-school healing garden.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

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

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

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

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.