ouu, I am going to England in March, for a literary tour (mainly on Shakespeare, and other amazing writers/poets) We are going to Manchester, Bath, Stratford, London, and Oxford. I don’t really know any “off-the-beaten-path” suggestions other than the Charles Dickens walking tour, the Bronte sisters house/museum, the Globe Theatre, and Anne Hathoway’s cottage (Shakespears wife). Those are a couple alternative, not as popular suggestions that are in my itinerary. Also the tower of London, The London Eye, Oxford Universtiy, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace (the Changing of the Guard), and gothic cathedrals. Other than London, in Paris you may want to go to The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Champs Elysees (sorry if the spelling is off) may be good places to check out. In Amsterdam check out the Red light district (total culture shock, and is kind of disturbing), the cannabis coffee shops, and I believe there is a museum of Piccasso, or Leonardo De Vinci or something.