In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The largest municipal cemetery in the United Kingdom and the second largest in Europe contains some of Manchester’s biggest characters.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

This massive memorial commemorates those who died in the Manchester Arena bombing.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

When the city of Manchester built a new centralized heating network, they did it with style.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

This building's name and a plaque are all that's left of what was probably the most important nightclub of the Madchester music scene.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

This bronze statue stands throughout the year and illustrates an urgent message about the environment.

Since 2017, the remains of Stretford's industrial past have been occupied by a collection of gnomes.

Opened in 1932, this theater in Stockport's Mersey Square is a bonafide Art-Deco gem.

Great Britain's only hat-making museum.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

The river that gave its name to a 1960s musical movement has a rather inauspicious starting point in town outside of Manchester.