Music boxes like you've never imagined.

An ornate aviary built during the Victorian trend of collecting exotic birds.

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

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

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

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

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

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

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

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

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

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to the legendary King Alfred the Great.

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 names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.