Places Madeleine Wants to Go

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

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

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

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

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

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

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

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

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

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

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

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

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

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.