Places leedacopley Wants to Go

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

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

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

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

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.