Places GRH Wants to Go

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

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

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

Feast on Middle Eastern mezze from an Israeli expat duo.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.