Places Leslie Ann Wants to Go

A student driver's nightmare.

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

This blue plaque memorializes the first person to be murdered on a railway train.

A statue for a zoo that was never built.

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

Enjoy a flaming concoction steeped in steampunk, magic, and alchemy at this experimental cocktail bar.

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

One of the oldest, well-preserved water treatment facilities in all of Europe.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.