Places suzybaldwin Wants to Go

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

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

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

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

This underpass became an unlikely piece of cinematic history after its appearance in 'A Clockwork Orange.'

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Some of the best renditions of traditional British dishes can be found on the site of a 15th-century inn.

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

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

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

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

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

Catacombs turned marketplace.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.