The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

This eye-catching roundabout sculpture commemorates one of England's best World War II-era "shadow factories."

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I.

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

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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.

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.

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.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.

Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.