London, England
The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
The London Dungeon
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
Word on the Water
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
London, England
Peter Pan Statue
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
York, England
Shambles of York
Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.
York, England
National Railway Museum York
The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.
Paris, France
The Bouquinistes of Paris
The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
London, England
WWT London Wetland Centre
London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.
London, England
Parkland Walk
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.
London, England
Books for Cooks
This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.
London, England
Black Cats of Carreras Cigarette Factory
Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.
London, England
The Navigators
Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
London, England
Houseboats of Regents Canal
A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.
London, England
The Sherlock Holmes Pub and Museum
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
London, England
221b Baker Street
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
London, England
The Tower of London Menagerie
These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.
London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Budapest, Hungary
Szimpla Kert
A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.
New York, New York
New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
New York, New York
6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
New York, New York
Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
New York, New York
Greenacre Park
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
