100 years of rolling bus history and Hollywood cameos.

Sporting Brutalist architecture, this school is hidden amid a quiet suburban neighborhood.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

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.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

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

Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

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

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate.

A plaque is all that remains of a lost Oxford transport hub.