This building played host to some of the most influential minds of the Industrial Revolution and now serves as a reminder of the influence of Northern coalfields.

Designed to illustrate two parts of the human psyche.

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

This brilliant display of whirling fireballs celebrates Hogmanay.

A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

This statue includes small details that highlight a city of "firsts."

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

The longest sculpture trail in the United Kingdom.

A famous pilgrimage site that remains hidden in the midst of a city.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.

This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.

The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.

The largest timber structure in Europe.

This Roman archeological site is hidden amid a 1930s housing estate.

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

After local authorities changed the design, the building's architect, Le Corbusier, wanted nothing to do with it.

Beautiful tiles decorate many of the town's surfaces and stand testimony to its glorious artistic history.

The odd cement nubs littering this Spanish square are actually the entrances to a series of buried silos.