Places focusedtraveler Wants to Go

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

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

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

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

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

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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.

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

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