Places Stormhiker Wants to Go

What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

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

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

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

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A commemorative plaque at the door pays tribute to an "American Patriot" known for his betrayal.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

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

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

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

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