Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.

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

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

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

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 enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

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

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

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

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

This tunnel looks like a sliver of Shanghai that's stuck in the past.