Places obstakel Wants to Go

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

London's old-school healing garden.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

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