A plaque is all that remains of a lost Oxford transport hub.

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

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

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

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

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

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

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

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

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

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

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

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.

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

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

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

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

Local lore says passing infants through its holes could magically cure them of measles and rickets.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

This miraculous well is said to heal the sick, grant wishes, and tell the future.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.