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

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St. John's Precinct and Market.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

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

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.

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

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