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

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

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

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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

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.

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.