The wooden grave marker of a railroad worker who died in a freak whirlwind.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

This unique, full-sized copy of the Bayeux Tapestry sports a few modern additions, including underwear.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

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

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

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.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

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

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

This grave resides at the crossroad of three parishes.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

A legendary rocking stone, returned to its clifftop perch.