Places nejuum Wants to Go

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

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

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

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

This educational institution and reference library specialize in the psychic arts and mediumship.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

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

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

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

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.