Places arboretum Wants to Go

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

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

This 19th-century Turkish bath house survived the Blitz of London and is now an events venue.

One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.

Heralded as the oldest statue in London.

A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

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

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.