Places Petronille Wants to Go

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

London's largest outsider art museum.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

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

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.