Places metaranha Wants to Go

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

This tower is one of the best-preserved (and least-visited) remnants of medieval Paris.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.