Places scheung Wants to Go

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

One of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide, this collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs, and eyewitness testimony.

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

A secluded green oasis amidst the towering skyscrapers, bears an unusual moniker that reflects one of the city's oldest guilds.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

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

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

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

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

London's largest outsider art museum.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.