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

This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.

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

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

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

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

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

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

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."

Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

This 12th-century house is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain.

This suburban British town holds secrets that would have made the druids proud.

A movable feast that is an East London institution.

The luxurious English estate houses the world’s largest private collection of French Rothschild wines.

A historic house devoted to the teachings of a 1700's prophetess and her mysterious box of revelations.

An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.

An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.

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

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.