One of Europe's oldest libraries.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

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

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A moving tribute to a leader of the American abolitionist movement.

The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.