Places snowdrop Wants to Go

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

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

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

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

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

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

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

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

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A student driver's nightmare.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

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

Catacombs turned marketplace.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.