A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.

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

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

A plaque marks the humble origins of an artistic muse who embodied the ideals of Pre-Raphaelite beauty.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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

Over a thousand musical instruments are on display, from bagpipes and harpsichords to drums and the sinuous serpent.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

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 shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

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.

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

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

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

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

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

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

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

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

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.