Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

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

A less famous, short-lived meeting spot of the Inklings.

This figure was carved in the likeness of a voyeur, so that every time he spied across the street, he would find only himself staring back.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.

The only known mosaic depicting the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos.

Why trying to get lost in the old quarters of Essaouira may be harder than you think

A rather creepy sign alludes to the bizarre and famous history of the "green children of Woolpit"

Mediaeval cross marking an old Roman ridgeway on the top of moors in the Peak District.

Pay your respects to a country that only existed for a few weeks.

A serene memorial that honors the adventurous spirits of climbers who lost their lives in the High Tatras.

Gustave Eiffel's masterpiece until the Eiffel Tower was built.

The remains of the medieval city walls that once protected the Genoese quarter of Constantinople

Legend has it that Bishop Oliver King dreamed of angels ascending to heaven and ordered the church's reconstruction in the late 1400s

Intricate 14th-century floor tiles hidden underfoot in Winchester Cathedral

Some of Britain's best-preserved Roman walls, above the Waveney marshes

The actual “Hotel Rwanda” that became a hiding place and refuge from the horrors of genocide in 1994.

A tragic legacy of the attempt to beautify Skopje and line the pockets of corrupt politicians