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

A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

A unique sculpture park that features the works of several famed artists.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

A tiny chapel perched along a 14th-century bridge.

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

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.

A cornucopia of gargoyles adorns the oldest portion of Oxford’s Magdalen College.

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

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

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

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

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

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

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