A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

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

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

The fake World Cup prize was secretly created after the first one was stolen in 1966.

This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.

This small record store was a favorite of Oasis's Noel and Liam Gallagher, who mentioned it in one of their early songs.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

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

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

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

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

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.