Places lukefishfrench Wants to Go

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

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

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

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

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

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

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

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

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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

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