Places libra5310 Wants to Go

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

This is Britain's one and only clock concealed in the pavement.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.

One of the largest numismatic collections in Europe fell victim to a huge theft.

Largely overlooked, this little fountain on Museum Island is a whimsical tribute to a Prussian king nicknamed the “Fatty Flounder.”

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.

An obsolete, long-forgotten advertising character lingers on this Sainsbury’s balcony railings.

Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

A hidden plaque is the only reminder of the lost palace where two storied English kings were born.

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

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

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