The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

This bronze statue was dedicated to a 1966 Beatles hit.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.

Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."

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

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

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

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

A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.

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.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

Contrary to its heavenly name, this tranquil oasis has a dark and tragic history buried with it (quite literally).

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

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

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

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.