Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

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

The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

A wonderfully preserved example of London's 1960s-style high-density, low-rise public housing.

This haunting sculpture was created as a statement on the mechanized warfare of the First World War.

This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.