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

This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.

This tribute to Sunderland's mining past stands outside the home of its football club.

A tribute to the city's rich history of shipbuilding.

This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.

One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."

An enigmatic sculpture depicts a ruined home with debris stretching for over half a mile along the river.

A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

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

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

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.

Derelict chemical plant on the North Sea is a beautiful industrial ruin.

This sculpture honors a long-beloved English comic strip in the main character's hometown.

This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.

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

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

This plaque commemorates an amazing 19th-century sea rescue.

This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.

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

This tower is all that remains of a 19th-century schoolhouse that became a famous music venue before its destruction.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.