Places melodml Wants to Go

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

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

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

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

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

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

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.