This display showcases the culinary equivalent of steel-toe boots during World War I.

The final resting place of a miniature monkey.

According to the Soldiers Account Book, the village of Odiham is home to Thomas Atkins, whose name became shorthand for all British soldiers.

A pirate is laid to rest at St. Nicholas Church.

This Art Deco house is home to the world's largest collection of Dora Gordine's paintings, drawings, and sculptures.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

This may be the smallest length of railway in the United Kingdom.

Baked in 1898 and still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake.

The world's smallest Austen museum is inside an unassuming phone booth.

Commemorating the first recorded car journey in the United Kingdom, a 56-mile trip that defied the speed limit the whole way.

From amidst her whirling waves, this mermaid sees all who pass through St. Swithun’s Church. If local legends are to be believed, she serves as a warning.

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

A little piece of Oxford's overlooked industrial heritage.

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 letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

These ancient ruins were the final resting place of King Henry II's mistress.

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

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

Beside the pew where C.S. Lewis often sat while attending church, a window filled with characters from his beloved stories.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

Rare and wonderfully wormy cadaver art captured in brass for centuries.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.