Places samireland Wants to Go

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

Look up from the busy streets to discover how time is kept!

A movable feast that is an East London institution.

This peaceful park with centuries of history hides in an overlooked section of South London.

3,000 family pets and military animals are buried in this London graveyard.

A monolithic monument in Greater London.

This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.

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

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

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

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Feast on Middle Eastern mezze from an Israeli expat duo.

A recently restored substation that dates from 1875.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

A replica of the gaslit streetlamp under which three teenagers founded a football club.

Two tombstones associated with the much-beloved children's story.

It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.

A quirky statue in Bermondsey made by 100 public participants with goggles, chisels, and mallets.