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

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

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

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

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

Public art now takes pride of place on the site of one of County Durham's last deep coal mines.

A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

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

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.