Places Notlikeparis Wants to Go

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

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

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.