Places SL Wants to Go

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

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

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

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

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

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

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

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

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

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

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

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

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.