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

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

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.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

A wonderfully preserved example of London's 1960s-style high-density, low-rise public housing.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.