Places ladyloreli Wants to Go

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

The tombstone of the founder of the lost town of Ogletown is now stuck inside a traffic median.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

This battery powered bell has been ringing since 1840 and is one of the worlds longest running science experiments.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

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

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.