Places The Sitch Wants to Go

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

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

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

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

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

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

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

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

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

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

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