Places Obscura Hunter Wants to Go

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

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

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

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

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

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

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

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.