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

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.

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

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

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

This unique rock formation is quite the local celebrity, although one day it may come crashing down.

A large collection of solar and night-time telescopes dot a small area on the Teide mountain range.