Places Vrielinkie Wants to Go

One man's attempt to stay one step ahead of the church.

The Ranger’s House exhibits fine mementos collected by Sir Julius Werner during the course of his life, including this infamous pendant.

A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.

Designed by the architect who also had a hand in crafting the Westminster Abbey and Bristol Cathedral.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

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.

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

A plaque is all that remains of a lost Oxford transport hub.

A plaque marks the humble origins of an artistic muse who embodied the ideals of Pre-Raphaelite beauty.

This nondescript building was the birthplace of Morris cars.

A little piece of Oxford's overlooked industrial heritage.

Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate.

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

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

Over a thousand musical instruments are on display, from bagpipes and harpsichords to drums and the sinuous serpent.

Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.

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