Places RakelOm Wants to Go

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

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

A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

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

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

London's old-school healing garden.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

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

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.