This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

These courts are the only ones of their kind in the world, made for a unique ball game that dates back to the 1700s.

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

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."

Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.

The world’s oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge.

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

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

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

According to local legends, a monstrous worm once wrapped itself around this hill by the River Wear.

These lamps were created to expel sewer gases after an event known as The Great Stink.

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

Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

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

The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.

An unusual stone chair can be found on the banks of the River Wear, not far from Durham Cathedral.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

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