Places Vrielinkie Wants to Go

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

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

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

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

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

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

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

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

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

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

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

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

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

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

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.