Places lilpuddanesca Wants to Go

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Long before Moo Deng, this 17th-century waterfowl was a cultural sensation.

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

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

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

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

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

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

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

A neolithic dolmen that was rebuilt after collapsing during the 19th century.

These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

A circle stone within a stone circle.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

This isolated and westernmost point of the Faroe Islands archipelago is home to thousands of seabirds.

This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.