Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

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

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

A student driver's nightmare.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

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

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

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

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

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

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

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

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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

Abandoned ship reimagined as a street art canvas.

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

In a resort town where the real Alice spent her summer holidays, iconic characters create a curious trail.

One of the oldest suspension bridges in the world blends in perfectly with a medieval castle.

Roman ruins found on the outskirts of a small town on the North Wales coast have over time become a strong part of the community's identity.