The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

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

This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

Though this bridge was originally built in the 12th century, only one of its 10 arches dates back that far.

A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

This library dates back to the late 17th century and was one of the first public lending libraries in England.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

The location of a citizen uprising that led to a gruesome act of mob justice.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.