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.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

Horsemen once used this tilting post during jousting practice.

A grand Wetherspoon pub set in a former opera house dating back to 1902.

This 19th-century performer's gravestone identifies her as "the smallest woman ever in this Kingdom."

This slice of 1960s Danish modernism does not conform to the Oxford college stereotypes.

A little piece of Oxford's overlooked industrial heritage.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

This battery powered bell has been ringing since 1840 and is one of the worlds longest running science experiments.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

A statue of a pioneering Black footballer outside his former home stadium.

Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.

These stones mark 200 years of friendship between Britain and France following the Napoleonic Wars.

A 1930s Art Deco swimming pool with a design inspired by grand ocean liners.

The only place where can you share a seat with the bums of the Fab Four.

A statue paying homage to a world-record-setting aviator who disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

A vast archive of cultural artifacts collected from numerous expeditions across Africa and Asia.

Overlooking the seaside town of Margate stands a tribute to an artist's lover.

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

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

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

This pub has roots dating back to 1430.