Places meredithp Wants to Go

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

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

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

A student driver's nightmare.

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

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The Japanese mayo factory famous for its cute mascot.

Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.