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

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

This popular square's history as the former site of a church is right beneath your feet.

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

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

The final resting place of England's most notorious bandit.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

These carved, weathered stones once gave mail carriers and pub goers a leg up.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Reputedly based on the tomb of Jesus Christ, this crypt is the oldest surviving structure of any cathedral in England.