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.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

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

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

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.