Catacombs turned marketplace.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

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

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.

This unusual geoglyph was built as a warning so low-flying aircraft wouldn't scare the zoo animals.

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

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

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

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

A plaque marks the humble origins of an artistic muse who embodied the ideals of Pre-Raphaelite beauty.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.