Places LeighE Wants to Go

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

A student driver's nightmare.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.

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

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

You will not be able to miss this building.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

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

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.