Avebury, England
Avebury
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
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Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Oxford, England
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
Oxford, England
Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
Tilbury, England
This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.
Kelvedon Hatch, England
The biggest and deepest Cold War bunker open to the public can be found in southeast England.
Tring, England
A menagerie of curiously bred creatures.
Hertfordshire, England
Cycle, walk, or run up and down on an old historic railway path.
Harpenden, England
Chemical fertilizer in agriculture's origin story begins here.
Oxford, England
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
Oxford, England
One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.
Oxford, England
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Witney, England
A renovated henge and stone circle just south of Stanton Harcourt village.
Faringdon, England
The eccentricities of a former lord include painted pigeons of his manor house, a series of pointless plaques, and a folly built simply to peeve the public.
Swindon, England
England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.
Broad Town, England
A chalk horse cut into an English hillside in the 19th century.
Cherhill, England
The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.
Wiltshire, England
This ancient fort overlooks the site of a disastrous retreat from the English Civil War.
Devizes, England
In 1999, a new equine figure was cut into this English hillside near the site where an older white horse had previously appeared.
Combe, England
Death hangs in the air here, where a 17th-century gibbet has been erected on a Neolithic tomb.
Oxford, England
Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.
Binsey, England
This historic pub is a hidden gem for fans of Lewis Carroll.
Oxford, England
The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
Oxford, England
This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.
Newark-on-Trent, England
This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.