The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

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.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

All that remains of the fishing-vessel-turned-warship is its weathered hull.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

Legend says the only thing buried within this magnificent tomb was a dog.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

A 142-foot-tall Q-tip on Bristol's skyline.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

There's a labyrinth of manmade tunnels stretching for over an acre beneath Bristol.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

The incredible private taxidermy collection of an eccentric zoologist.

A menagerie of curiously bred creatures.

The museum houses one of the world's largest shoe collections, boasting over 12,000 pairs.

This suburban British town holds secrets that would have made the druids proud.

The first peace pagoda to be constructed in the Western world sits next to a small English lake.