Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

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

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

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.