Grosvenor Square, in the Mayfair district of London, is home to the U.S. Embassy. The square consists of primarily Georgian and neo-Georgian architecture (pictured). The embassy, however, was designed by Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen, and has a more modern bent. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
The Sept. 11 memorial garden in the park at Grosvenor Square was dedicated in 2003. The U.S. Embassy is on the west side of the square. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
A plaque on the Grosvenor Chapel near the square. The chapel, founded in 1730, was a place for worship for American servicemen during World War II. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
The Connaught, near Grosvenor Square, is a five-star hotel. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
Blenheim Palace near Woodstock was built for the first Duke of Marlborough in an early 18th century design by John Vanbrugh. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
The Blenheim Palace garden, designed by Lancelot “Capability” Brown in 1764, features the Column of Victory, which is crowned by an image of the Duke of Marlborough. The palace sits on a 2,100-acre estate. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
Punting on the River Cherwell, near the University of Oxford Botanic Garden.(Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
The University of Oxford Botanic Garden was completed in 1633. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
Children walk overlooking the Limpley Stoke Valley from the American Museum near Bath. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
One of the Greek temples at Stowe Landscape Gardens, an early work of Lancelot “Capability” Brown. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
Visitors walk across the Edgehill Battlefield in Warwickshire, site of the first pitched battle of the English Civil War in 1642. (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
The great room at Sulgrave Manor in Northhamptonshire, home of President Washington‘s great grandfather John Washington (1633-1677). (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)
