Places White Rat Wants to Go

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.

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

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

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

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

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

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

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