Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

Long before ultrasounds and modern testing, medical specimens like these conjoined twins helped physicians learn about congenital anomalies.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

The ruins of a 19th-century corn mill are haunted by a malevolent cave-dwelling spirit.

This delightful hidden farm is home to Victorian ruins and a wonderful menagerie of animals.

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

Mysterious stone faces line a hidden path great for seeing wildflowers, bird watching, and rock climbing.

A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

When the plague struck York, this stone was used to leave supplies for the sick.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

This quirky shop on a former farm is full of weird and wonderful oddities and antiques.

Hidden in the woods behind this English estate lies a Victorian pet cemetery.

At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.

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