Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

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

This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.

A cornucopia of gargoyles adorns the oldest portion of Oxford’s Magdalen College.

An obsolete, long-forgotten advertising character lingers on this Sainsbury’s balcony railings.

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

This slice of 1960s Danish modernism does not conform to the Oxford college stereotypes.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

Beside the pew where C.S. Lewis often sat while attending church, a window filled with characters from his beloved stories.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

This educational institution and reference library specialize in the psychic arts and mediumship.

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.

A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.

The first regular high-definition TV transmissions were made from this seemingly out-of-place mast located on one corner of a Victorian-era entertainment venue.

This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.

Feast on Middle Eastern mezze from an Israeli expat duo.

The bust of a 15th-century Albanian leader in the middle of London.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

An old Dutch lightvessel is now stuck in a dock near the mouth of the Suriname River.

This "witch's market" is filled with Amazonian herbs, remedies, and the occasional libido-strengthening tincture.