Places Saradactyl Wants to Go

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

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

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

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

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

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

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

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

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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

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

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.