Places Prys Wants to Go

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

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.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

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

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

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.

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

An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

The centuries-old obelisk may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.

This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Quaint, disturbing, and macabre objects are all on display at this intriguing collection of medical instruments from bygone eras.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.