This Victorian footbridge over the River Tees was originally built to carry water from the high moorland to the industrial towns on the coast.

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

A well-studied colony of endangered bats roosts in this abandoned Victorian Gothic mansion.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."

A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

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

A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

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

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.